cálido
/ˈka.li.du/
The verdict
“cálido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,613 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,613
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quente, ardente
Corpus desk
Index PT-calido · cálido · Portuguese
cálido · rank #98,613 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,613
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH culhão
Nearest frequency peer: culhão (-7 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cálido”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- corneto
corneto
1,409 corpus weight
- coulomb
coulomb
1,407 corpus weight
- cruzeta
cruzeta
1,397 corpus weight
- culhão
culhão
1,395 corpus weight
- cálido
cálido
1,388 corpus weight
- dementador
dementador
1,375 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cálido” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cálido |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈka.li.du/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,613 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cálido” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cálido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,613 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈka.li.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cálido, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cálido, spelled C-Á-L-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1quente, ardente
- 2que demonstra um entusiasmo excessivo; que expressa uma paixão intensa; ardente.
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.
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