carcaju
/kaʁ.kaˈʒu/ [kah.kaˈʒu]
The verdict
“carcaju” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um mamífero da família dos mustelídeos
Corpus desk
Index PT-carcaju · carcaju · Portuguese
carcaju · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carcaju |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kaʁ.kaˈʒu/ [kah.kaˈʒu] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “carcaju” em português
Rare enough to double-check
carcaju is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kaʁ.kaˈʒu/ [kah.kaˈʒu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "um mamífero da família dos mustelídeos".
carcaju has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is carcaju, spelled C-A-R-C-A-J-U.
Definition
- 1um mamífero da família dos mustelídeos
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.