captor
The verdict
“captor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #77,769 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,769
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dispositivo que detecta ou capta uma grandeza física; sensor, transdutor, detector
Corpus desk
Index PT-captor · captor · Portuguese
captor · rank #77,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,769
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH caramuru
Nearest frequency peer: caramuru (+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 “captor”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- calhorda
calhorda
22,241 corpus weight
- camélia
camélia
22,236 corpus weight
- captor
captor
22,232 corpus weight
- caramuru
caramuru
22,230 corpus weight
- categórico
categórico
22,226 corpus weight
- cay
cay
22,225 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “captor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | captor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “captor” em português
Rare enough to double-check
captor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #77,769 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for captor in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is captor, spelled C-A-P-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1dispositivo que detecta ou capta uma grandeza física; sensor, transdutor, detector
- 2indivíduo que captura ou apreende algo ou alguém
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how captor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O captor de imagem do aparelho apresentou ruído em baixa luz
O captor foi identificado pelas câmeras do local
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Antonyms
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); 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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