carão

noun

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The verdict

“carão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,114 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,114
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vergonha em público

Key facts for carão
PropertyValue
Headwordcarão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,114
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carão” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). carão lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,114 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carão, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is carão, spelled C-A-R-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    vergonha em público
  2. 2
    repreensão severa
  3. 3
    atitude esnobe, ares de importância, "blasé"
  4. 4
    cara grande
  5. 5
    carantonha : (cara feia, carranca)
  6. 6
    epiderme do rosto
  7. 7
    esponja coralínea
  8. 8
    coração da maçã; interior da castanha, da noz, interno das pevides

This word in other languages

airs(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carão"?
"carão" is spelled C-A-R-Ã-O.
What does "carão" mean?
As a noun, "carão" means: vergonha em público
What language does "carão" come from?
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Using “carão”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-R-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list