capuchinho
/ka.puˈʃĩ.ɲu/ [ka.puˈʃĩ.j̃u]
The verdict
“capuchinho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,386 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,386
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relativo à ordem franciscana de frades menores ou a seus membros
Corpus desk
Index PT-capuchinho · capuchinho · Portuguese
capuchinho · rank #50,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,386
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH carpa
Nearest frequency peer: carpa (+3 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 “capuchinho”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- cacimba
cacimba
49,624 corpus weight
- capuchinho
capuchinho
49,615 corpus weight
- carpa
carpa
49,612 corpus weight
- cautelosame…
cautelosamente
49,607 corpus weight
- cavado
cavado
49,605 corpus weight
- cegar
cegar
49,603 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “capuchinho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | capuchinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ka.puˈʃĩ.ɲu/ [ka.puˈʃĩ.j̃u] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “capuchinho” em português
Rare enough to double-check
capuchinho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,386 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ka.puˈʃĩ.ɲu/ [ka.puˈʃĩ.j̃u]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for capuchinho in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is capuchinho, spelled C-A-P-U-C-H-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1relativo à ordem franciscana de frades menores ou a seus membros
- 2diz-se da pessoa que tem vida simples, frugal, penitente
- 3diz-se do touro cuja parte superior da cabeça ao pescoço a coloração difere do restante corporal
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how capuchinho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tais eram os planos e sentimentos do velho Silvestre Aguiar, cuja mocidade parecia não ter sido inteiramente capuchinha.
A cruzada solitária do Sr. Campos Sales contra a impureza universal revela no estadista uma coragem de capuchinho, que nós lhe não suspeitávamos.
Synonyms
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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