cardar
/kɐɾ.ˈdaɾ/
The verdict
“cardar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - destrinçar, desenredar ou pentear (lã, algodão, linho ou qualquer filaça)
Corpus desk
Index PT-cardar · cardar · Portuguese
cardar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | cardar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kɐɾ.ˈdaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cardar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cardar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /kɐɾ.ˈdaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cardar in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cardar, spelled C-A-R-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1destrinçar, desenredar ou pentear (lã, algodão, linho ou qualquer filaça)
- 2passar as fibras ou fios na carda
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.