cárcere
/ˈkaɾ.sɨ.ɾɨ/
The verdict
“cárcere” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,673. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,673
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cadeia, prisão
Corpus desk
Index PT-carcere · cárcere · Portuguese
cárcere · rank #19,673 · 10 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,673
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH couve
Nearest frequency peer: couve (-2 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cárcere”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cordel
cordel
80,333 corpus weight
- couve
couve
80,330 corpus weight
- cárcere
cárcere
80,328 corpus weight
- derramamento
derramamento
80,324 corpus weight
- despedido
despedido
80,321 corpus weight
- desânimo
desânimo
80,320 corpus weight
What this shows “cárcere” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cárcere |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkaɾ.sɨ.ɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cárcere”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cárcere (IPA /ˈkaɾ.sɨ.ɾɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,673 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "cadeia, prisão".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cárcere, with forms such as "ccárcere", "crácere", and "cácrere". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "carpete", "carrera", "câncer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cárcere, spelled C-Á-R-C-E-R-E.
Definition
- 1cadeia, prisão
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cárcere appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um casal de indianos foi preso após ter mantido sua empregada de 13 anos de idade em cárcere privado, sem alimentos, na casa deles, em Nova Déli, durante a semana em que estavam de férias na Tailândia.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccárcere
- crácere
- cácrere
- cárccere
- cárceer
- cárcerre
- cárcree
- cárecre
- cárrcere
- ácrcere
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cárcere - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cárcere", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).