carapau
/kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈpaw/
The verdict
“carapau” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,721 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,721
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peixe da família dos Carangídeos
Corpus desk
Index PT-carapau · carapau · Portuguese
carapau · rank #82,721 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,721
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH capucho
Nearest frequency peer: capucho (-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 “carapau”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- breast
breast
17,305 corpus weight
- capucho
capucho
17,283 corpus weight
- carapau
carapau
17,280 corpus weight
- carocha
carocha
17,276 corpus weight
- carrada
carrada
17,275 corpus weight
- cepo
cepo
17,268 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “carapau” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carapau |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈpaw/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,721 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “carapau” em português
Rare enough to double-check
carapau is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,721 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈpaw/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carapau, 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is carapau, spelled C-A-R-A-P-A-U.
Definition
- 1peixe da família dos Carangídeos
- 2pessoa magra
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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