capão
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#19,358
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
6
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
capão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: galo (ou cavalo) castrado para que não se reproduza e brigue com outros machos Pronounced /kɐ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with casa and caso.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #19,358 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for capão is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #19,358 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for capão, with forms such as "acpão", "capoã", and "cappão". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "casa", "caso", "cara", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is capão, spelled C-A-P-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1galo (ou cavalo) castrado para que não se reproduza e brigue com outros machos
- 2ovelha capada
- 3porco castrado para a engorda
- 4pequeno feixe de sarmentos secos da poda das videiras
- 5casta de feijão que quando medra não levanta do chão
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acpão,capoã,cappão,caãpo,ccapão,cpaão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for capão
Misspelling Variants of "capão"
Frequency rank: #19,358 in Portuguese
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Nearby Portuguese words
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