cão-do-mar
/kaŋ - do - maɾ/
The verdict
“cão-do-mar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mobelha-ártica, (Gavia arctica)
Corpus desk
Index PT-cao-do-mar · cão-do-mar · Portuguese
cão-do-mar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | cão-do-mar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kaŋ - do - maɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cão-do-mar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cão-do-mar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kaŋ - do - maɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cão-do-mar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cão-do-mar, spelled C-Ã-O---D-O---M-A-R.
Definition
- 1mobelha-ártica, (Gavia arctica)
- 2cação-bico-de-cristal (Galeorhinus galeus)
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.