cântaro
/ˈkɐ̃.tɐ.ɾu/
The verdict
“cântaro” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,477 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,477
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vasilha grande e bojuda para líquidos
Corpus desk
Index PT-cantaro · cântaro · Portuguese
cântaro · rank #85,477 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,477
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH curro
Nearest frequency peer: curro (-5 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 “cântaro”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- crave
crave
14,537 corpus weight
- crueza
crueza
14,533 corpus weight
- cumbia
cumbia
14,531 corpus weight
- curro
curro
14,529 corpus weight
- cântaro
cântaro
14,524 corpus weight
- debilitar
debilitar
14,516 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cântaro” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cântaro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɐ̃.tɐ.ɾu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #85,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cântaro” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cântaro is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,477 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɐ̃.tɐ.ɾu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cântaro doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 cântaro, spelled C-Â-N-T-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1vasilha grande e bojuda para líquidos
- 2medida equivalente a meio almude
This word in other languages
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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