Cairo

/ˈkaj.ɾu/

//ˈkaj.ɾu// noun

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The verdict

“Cairo” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,303. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,303
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - capital do Egito, país no qual é a maior cidade, posto que também ocupa no chamado mundo árabe

Corpus desk

Index PT-cairo · Cairo · Portuguese

Cairo · rank #9,303 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,303
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH burocracia

Nearest frequency peer: burocracia (-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 “Cairo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “Cairo” 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).

Cairo vs cão
20% similar
Cairo vs car
40% similar
Cairo vs cio
40% similar

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

Key facts for Cairo
PropertyValue
HeadwordCairo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkaj.ɾu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,303
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “Cairo”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Cairocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “burocracia” (#9,302), “calada” (#9,304), “boneco” (#9,299). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “Cairo” fica em #9,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Cairo (IPA /ˈkaj.ɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,303 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "capital do Egito, país no qual é a maior cidade, posto que também ocupa no chamado mundo árabe".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cairo, with forms such as "aciro", "caior", and "cairro". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cão", "car", "cio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Cairo, spelled C-A-I-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    capital do Egito, país no qual é a maior cidade, posto que também ocupa no chamado mundo árabe

This word in other languages

Le Caire(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aciro
  • caior
  • cairro
  • cario
  • ccairo
  • ciaro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cairo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

aciro2caior2cairro1cario2ccairo1ciaro2
Edit distance from "Cairo"

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 "Cairo"?
"Cairo" is spelled C-A-I-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkaj.ɾu/.
What does "Cairo" mean?
As a noun, "Cairo" means: capital do Egito, país no qual é a maior cidade, posto que também ocupa no chamado mundo árabe
What words are commonly confused with "Cairo"?
"Cairo" is commonly confused with "cão", "car", "cio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Cairo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cairo" is /ˈkaj.ɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cairo" come from?
"Cairo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bolha#9,298vácuo#9,280dream#9,327surto#9,267

Similar misspelling depth

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

podre6 variantsboate6 variantskurt6 variantspesar6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list