caião
/ka.'ioŋ/
The verdict
“caião” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - em má hora, em má ocasião
Corpus desk
Index PT-caiao · caião · Portuguese
caião · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caião |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ka.'ioŋ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “caião” em português
Rare enough to double-check
caião is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed /ka.'ioŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "em má hora, em má ocasião".
No generated misspelling entries exist for caião in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is caião, spelled C-A-I-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1em má hora, em má ocasião
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.