carago
/kɐ.ˈɾa.ɡu/
The verdict
“carago” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,564 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,564
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa espanto, impaciência ou irritação
Corpus desk
Index PT-carago · carago · Portuguese
carago · rank #78,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,564
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH canha
Nearest frequency peer: canha (-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 “carago”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- boucher
boucher
21,460 corpus weight
- braçada
braçada
21,456 corpus weight
- buxo
buxo
21,448 corpus weight
- canha
canha
21,439 corpus weight
- carago
carago
21,437 corpus weight
- chaise
chaise
21,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “carago” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carago |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈɾa.ɡu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “carago” em português
Rare enough to double-check
carago is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,564 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /kɐ.ˈɾa.ɡu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "expressa espanto, impaciência ou irritação".
carago has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is carago, spelled C-A-R-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1expressa espanto, impaciência ou irritação
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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