Carles
/ˈkar.ɫəs/, /ˈkaɾ.ɫes/.
The verdict
“Carles” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,158 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,158
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Carlos
Corpus desk
Index PT-carles · Carles · Portuguese
Carles · rank #76,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,158
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Catalunya
Nearest frequency peer: Catalunya (+6 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 “Carles”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- botica
botica
23,859 corpus weight
- bugiganga
bugiganga
23,854 corpus weight
- bugio
bugio
23,853 corpus weight
- buço
buço
23,851 corpus weight
- Carles
Carles
23,843 corpus weight
- Catalunya
Catalunya
23,837 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Carles” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Carles |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkar.ɫəs/, /ˈkaɾ.ɫes/. |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Carles” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Carles is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,158 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkar.ɫəs/, /ˈkaɾ.ɫes/.. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Carlos".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Carles, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is Carles, spelled C-A-R-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Carlos
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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