cair

verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,522

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cair is aPortugueseverb. It means: dar queda It ranks #1,522 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with ci and cor.

Key facts for cair
PropertyValue
Headwordcair
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,522
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cair in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cair is 4 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #1,522 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cair, with forms such as "acir", "cairr", and "cari". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ci", "cor", "cão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cair, spelled C-A-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    dar queda
  2. 2
    ir ao chão
  3. 3
    desabar; tombar
  4. 4
    ir dar a
  5. 5
    dar sobre
  6. 6
    ser enganado
  7. 7
    sujeitar-se; praticar; chegar; acontecer
  8. 8
    depreciar-se
  9. 9
    reconsiderar
  10. 10
    passar a constar para efeito de processamento bancário de debitagem
  11. 11
    constar como crédito
  12. 12
    ter um certo grau de qualidade de beleza, algo, ao ser vestido

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acir,cairr,cari,ccair,ciar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cair

Misspelling Variants of "cair"

acir4cairr5cari4ccair5ciar4
Misspelling Variants of "cair"

Frequency rank: #1,522 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cair"?
"cair" is spelled C-A-I-R.
What does "cair" mean?
As a verb, "cair" means: dar queda
What words are commonly confused with "cair"?
"cair" is commonly confused with "ci", "cor", "cão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cair" come from?
"cair" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.