cantautor
The verdict
“cantautor” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o que canta as suas próprias composições poéticas, normalmente críticas
Corpus desk
Index PT-cantautor · cantautor · Portuguese
cantautor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | cantautor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cantautor” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cantautor is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o que canta as suas próprias composições poéticas, normalmente críticas".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cantautor, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 cantautor, spelled C-A-N-T-A-U-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1o que canta as suas próprias composições poéticas, normalmente críticas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cantautor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quim Barreiros – o cantautor pimba mais famoso em Portugal no começo do século XXI
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.