careta
/kɐ.ˈɾe.tɐ/
The verdict
“careta” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,598. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,598
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - não drogado ou alcoolizado; sóbrio
Corpus desk
Index PT-careta · careta · Portuguese
careta · rank #23,598 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,598
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH castelão
Nearest frequency peer: castelão (+1 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 “careta”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Camping
Camping
76,407 corpus weight
- careta
careta
76,403 corpus weight
- castelão
castelão
76,402 corpus weight
- cavar
cavar
76,400 corpus weight
- colmeia
colmeia
76,393 corpus weight
- comparativa…
comparativamente
76,392 corpus weight
What this shows “careta” 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 | careta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈɾe.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,598 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “careta”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around careta (IPA /kɐ.ˈɾe.tɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,598 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for careta, with forms such as "careat", "caretta", and "cartea". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cata", "carta", "carga", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is careta, spelled C-A-R-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1não drogado ou alcoolizado; sóbrio
- 2pessoa que não sai das convenções tradicionais e conservadoras
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- careat
- caretta
- cartea
- ccareta
- craeta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of careta - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "careta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).