caricato
/ka.ɾi.ˈka.tu/
The verdict
“caricato” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,390 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,390
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ridículo
Corpus desk
Index PT-caricato · caricato · Portuguese
caricato · rank #79,390 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,390
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cantil
Nearest frequency peer: cantil (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “caricato”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- brinks
brinks
20,627 corpus weight
- brocado
brocado
20,626 corpus weight
- cantil
cantil
20,613 corpus weight
- caricato
caricato
20,611 corpus weight
- chicotada
chicotada
20,590 corpus weight
- coabitação
coabitação
20,580 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “caricato” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caricato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ka.ɾi.ˈka.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,390 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “caricato” em português
Rare enough to double-check
caricato is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,390 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ka.ɾi.ˈka.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caricato, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is caricato, spelled C-A-R-I-C-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1ridículo
- 2grotesco
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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