caído

adj

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The verdict

“caído” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,017. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,017
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que caiu

Corpus desk

Index PT-caido · caído · Portuguese

caído · rank #8,017 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,017
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH católico

Nearest frequency peer: católico (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “caído”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “caído” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

caído vs cão
40% similar
caído vs cio
40% similar
caído vs caso
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for caído
PropertyValue
Headwordcaído
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,017
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “caído”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).caídocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “católico” (#8,016), “chuveiro” (#8,018), “carácter” (#8,015). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “caído” fica em #8,017. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around caído, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,017 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for caído, with forms such as "acído", "cadío", and "caíddo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cão", "cio", "caso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is caído, spelled C-A-Í-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que caiu
  2. 2
    sem forças, decumbente, deitado, desmaiado
  3. 3
    apaixonado arrebatadoramente

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how caído appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Inferno a bordo
  2. Ele ficou caidinho... Aparecia duas ou três vezes por semana. Embora no início eu o tomasse por um biruta, porque não me pedia nada. Mas não! Estava fisgado... Sorte grande! Alugou um bonito quarto mobiliado para mim e percebi que, se me comportasse, ele terminaria casando comigo. Marinheiros não nadam em ouro, mas recebem com regularidade, sem falar na a…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acído
  • cadío
  • caíddo
  • caíod
  • ccaído
  • cíado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caído - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acído2cadío2caíddo1caíod2ccaído1cíado2
Edit distance from "caído"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caído"?
"caído" is spelled C-A-Í-D-O.
What does "caído" mean?
As an adjective, "caído" means: que caiu
What words are commonly confused with "caído"?
"caído" is commonly confused with "cão", "cio", "caso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "caído" come from?
"caído" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caído", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list