cajão
/kɐ.'ʃoŋ/
The verdict
“cajão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - incidente adverso, má ocasião, desastre
Corpus desk
Index PT-cajao · cajão · Portuguese
cajão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | cajão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.'ʃoŋ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cajão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cajão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.'ʃoŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cajão doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cajão, spelled C-A-J-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1incidente adverso, má ocasião, desastre
- 2ocasião, oportunidade
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.