carijó
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
- blasfemar
blasfemar
12,023 corpus weight
- bétula
bétula
12,003 corpus weight
- carijó
carijó
11,989 corpus weight
- chagar
chagar
11,975 corpus weight
- civilization
civilization
11,965 corpus weight
- coadjutor
coadjutor
11,959 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “carijó” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carijó |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “carijó” em português
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
- 1membro 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
- 2variedade de galinha doméstica caracterizada por plumagem rajada em tons de branco e preto, também chamada de galinha carijó
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how carijó appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Os carijós foram descritos como pacíficos e receptivos à catequese pelos primeiros colonizadores
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.
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