carestia

/kɐ.ɾɨʃ.ˈti.ɐ/

//kɐ.ɾɨʃ.ˈti.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“carestia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,499 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#97,499
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - escassez de víveres ou de determinado produto

Key facts for carestia
PropertyValue
Headwordcarestia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ɾɨʃ.ˈti.ɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#97,499
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carestia” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). carestia lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carestia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,499 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.ɾɨʃ.ˈti.ɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

carestia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is carestia, spelled C-A-R-E-S-T-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    escassez de víveres ou de determinado produto
  2. 2
    (Derivação: por extensão de sentido) encarecimento do custo de vida
  3. 3
    (Derivação: por metonímia) preço elevado, acima do valor real

Synonyms

carezaescassezpobreza

Antonyms

abastançabaratezaquantidaderiqueza

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 "carestia"?
"carestia" is spelled C-A-R-E-S-T-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ɾɨʃ.ˈti.ɐ/.
What does "carestia" mean?
As a noun, "carestia" means: escassez de víveres ou de determinado produto
How do you pronounce "carestia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carestia" is /kɐ.ɾɨʃ.ˈti.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carestia" come from?
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Using “carestia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-R-E-S-T-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /kɐ.ɾɨʃ.ˈti.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list