caravela

/kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈvɛ.lɐ/

//kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈvɛ.lɐ// noun

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The verdict

“caravela” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,391 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,391
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - embarcação de velas latinas, de pequeno calado, casco alteroso à popa e mais raso a vante, com um a quatro mastros, utilizado nos século XV e século XVI, especialmente pelos portugueses, nas viagen...

Corpus desk

Index PT-caravela · caravela · Portuguese

caravela · rank #63,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,391
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH carvoeiro

Nearest frequency peer: carvoeiro (+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 “caravela”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “caravela” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for caravela
PropertyValue
Headwordcaravela
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈvɛ.lɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,391
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “caravela” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).caravelacai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “carvoeiro” (#63,394), “caloteiro” (#63,383), “cabeço” (#63,377). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “caravela” fica em #63,391. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caravela is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,391 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈvɛ.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for caravela in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is caravela, spelled C-A-R-A-V-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    embarcação de velas latinas, de pequeno calado, casco alteroso à popa e mais raso a vante, com um a quatro mastros, utilizado nos século XV e século XVI, especialmente pelos portugueses, nas viagens de descobrimento
  2. 2
    antiga moeda de prata, equivalente a 12 vinténs
  3. 3
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) gratificação em dinheiro; gorjeta
  4. 4
    vara de mandioca
  5. 5
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) espécie de cata-vento sonoro que faz girar espantalho para afugentar aves daninhas de plantação
  6. 6
    o mesmo que cata-vento (ludologia)
  7. 7
    mulher esquelética
  8. 8
    farnel para jornadas
  9. 9
    designação comum aos cnidários hidrozoários do gênero Physalia, da ordem dos sifonóforos, encontrados na superfície de mares quentes, na forma de grandes colônias, constituídas especialmente por um indivíduo medusoide, que funciona como um flutuador cheio de gás e por longos tentáculos urticantes; caravela-portuguesa, langanho
  10. 10
    o mesmo que água-viva

This word in other languages

caravel(English)carabela(Español)caravelle(Français)

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 "caravela"?
"caravela" is spelled C-A-R-A-V-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈvɛ.lɐ/.
What does "caravela" mean?
As a noun, "caravela" means: embarcação de velas latinas, de pequeno calado, casco alteroso à popa e mais raso a vante, com um a quatro mastros, utilizado nos século XV e século XVI, especialmente pelos portugueses, nas viagen...
How do you pronounce "caravela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caravela" is /kɐ.ɾɐ.ˈvɛ.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caravela", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brancura#63,368conjurar#63,427cortejar#63,435creatina#63,442

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list