cantil
/kɐ̃.ˈtiɫ/
The verdict
“cantil” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,388 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,388
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno recipiente de madeira ou metal, forrado de pano, couro ou feltro, usado para carregar líquidos em viagem
Corpus desk
Index PT-cantil · cantil · Portuguese
cantil · rank #79,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,388
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH caricato
Nearest frequency peer: caricato (+2 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 “cantil”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- brinks
brinks
20,627 corpus weight
- brocado
brocado
20,626 corpus weight
- cantil
cantil
20,613 corpus weight
- caricato
caricato
20,611 corpus weight
- chicotada
chicotada
20,590 corpus weight
- coabitação
coabitação
20,580 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cantil” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cantil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ̃.ˈtiɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cantil” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cantil is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,388 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ̃.ˈtiɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cantil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cantil, spelled C-A-N-T-I-L.
Definition
- 1pequeno recipiente de madeira ou metal, forrado de pano, couro ou feltro, usado para carregar líquidos em viagem
- 2cesto de vime impermeabilizado com pez para o vinho
- 3instrumento usado para alisar pedras
- 4ferramenta de corte usada para abrir meio-fio nas tábuas
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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