# carapaça

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈpa.sɐ/ · frequency rank #48,299

## Definitions
1. escudo quitinoso ou ósseo que protege diversos animais
2. casca
3. crosta
4. cobertura rígida
5. urze; erica

## Easily confused with
- **caravana** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carapaca-vs-caravana)
- **carapuça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carapaca-vs-carapuca)
- **caraca** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caraca-vs-carapaca)

## Common misspellings (10)
`acrapaça`, `caarpaça`, `caraapça`, `carapaaç`, `carappaça`, `carapçaa`, `carpaaça`, `carrapaça`, `ccarapaça`, `craapaça`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/carapaca