cágado
/ˈka.ga.du/
The verdict
“cágado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,244 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,244
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - réptil da ordem dos quelônios que vive em água doce
Corpus desk
Index PT-cagado · cágado · Portuguese
cágado · rank #53,244 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,244
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cristalização
Nearest frequency peer: cristalização (-4 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cágado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- corinthiano
corinthiano
46,768 corpus weight
- cristalizaç…
cristalização
46,761 corpus weight
- cágado
cágado
46,757 corpus weight
- desamparado
desamparado
46,750 corpus weight
- desarticular
desarticular
46,748 corpus weight
- descolagem
descolagem
46,743 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cágado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cágado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈka.ga.du/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cágado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cágado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,244 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈka.ga.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "réptil da ordem dos quelônios que vive em água doce".
cágado has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cágado, spelled C-Á-G-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1réptil da ordem dos quelônios que vive em água doce
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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