carijó

noun

The verdict

“carijó” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,012 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,012
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - membro de um grupo indígena de origem guarani que habitava o litoral sul do Brasil, especialmente entre São Paulo e Rio Grande do Sul, durante o período colonial

Corpus desk

Index PT-carijo · carijó · Portuguese

carijó · rank #88,012 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,012
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH bétula

Nearest frequency peer: bétula (-14 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 “carijó”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “carijó” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carijó
PropertyValue
Headwordcarijó
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,012
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “carijó” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.carijócai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “bétula” (#87,998), “chagar” (#88,026), “civilization” (#88,036). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “carijó” fica em #88,012. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carijó is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,012 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for carijó in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is carijó, spelled C-A-R-I-J-Ó.

Definition

  1. 1
    membro de um grupo indígena de origem guarani que habitava o litoral sul do Brasil, especialmente entre São Paulo e Rio Grande do Sul, durante o período colonial
  2. 2
    variedade de galinha doméstica caracterizada por plumagem rajada em tons de branco e preto, também chamada de galinha carijó

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how carijó appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Os carijós foram descritos como pacíficos e receptivos à catequese pelos primeiros colonizadores
  2. A carijó é muito criada em quintais por sua rusticidade e boa postura de ovos

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 "carijó"?
"carijó" is spelled C-A-R-I-J-Ó.
What does "carijó" mean?
As a noun, "carijó" means: membro de um grupo indígena de origem guarani que habitava o litoral sul do Brasil, especialmente entre São Paulo e Rio Grande do Sul, durante o período colonial
What language does "carijó" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "carijó", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list