caprichar
/kɐ.pɾi.ˈʃaɾ/
The verdict
“caprichar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,189 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,189
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fazer algo com capricho, esmero, dedicação
Corpus desk
Index PT-caprichar · caprichar · Portuguese
caprichar · rank #57,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,189
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH caridoso
Nearest frequency peer: caridoso (+1 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 “caprichar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- brado
brado
42,828 corpus weight
- cabível
cabível
42,821 corpus weight
- caprichar
caprichar
42,812 corpus weight
- caridoso
caridoso
42,811 corpus weight
- chilique
chilique
42,802 corpus weight
- clorofórmio
clorofórmio
42,797 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “caprichar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caprichar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kɐ.pɾi.ˈʃaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “caprichar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
caprichar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,189 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kɐ.pɾi.ˈʃaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caprichar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 caprichar, spelled C-A-P-R-I-C-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1fazer algo com capricho, esmero, dedicação
- 2conceder quantidade generosa
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caprichar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Calculou o percurso que não tinha sido computado e caprichou na gorjeta. Mais pela honestidade com que o taxista conduziu o veículo.
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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