canhapão
/ka.ɲa.'paŋ/
The verdict
“canhapão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ganapão, aro metálico que forma a boca de um saco de rede que provido de um cabo serve para pegar peixe ou marisco
Corpus desk
Index PT-canhapao · canhapão · Portuguese
canhapão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | canhapão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ka.ɲa.'paŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “canhapão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
canhapão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ka.ɲa.'paŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ganapão, aro metálico que forma a boca de um saco de rede que provido de um cabo serve para pegar peixe ou marisco".
canhapão has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is canhapão, spelled C-A-N-H-A-P-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ganapão, aro metálico que forma a boca de um saco de rede que provido de um cabo serve para pegar peixe ou marisco
Synonyms
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.