caminho
The verdict
“caminho” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #549 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #549
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - via de comunicação terrestre destinada principalmente ao trânsito rural
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caminho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caminho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for caminho is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #549 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for caminho, with forms such as "acminho", "caimnho", and "camihno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "casino", "carinho", "carrinho", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is caminho, spelled C-A-M-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1via de comunicação terrestre destinada principalmente ao trânsito rural
- 2extensão percorrida
- 3distância
- 4passagem
- 5direção que foi tomada
- 6possibilidade, via, meio
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acminho,caimnho,camihno,caminhho,caminnho,caminoh,camminho,camniho,ccaminho,cmainho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caminho - 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.
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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Using “caminho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-M-I-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “casino” - see the side-by-side comparison. caminho vs casino
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.