caroço
/kɐ.'ɾo.su/
The verdict
“caroço” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,999. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,999
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - semente de um fruto
Corpus desk
Index PT-caroco · caroço · Portuguese
caroço · rank #26,999 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,999
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH camuflagem
Nearest frequency peer: camuflagem (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “caroço”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- braun
braun
73,014 corpus weight
- calda
calda
73,007 corpus weight
- Calgary
Calgary
73,006 corpus weight
- camuflagem
camuflagem
73,004 corpus weight
- caroço
caroço
73,002 corpus weight
- censurar
censurar
72,999 corpus weight
What this shows “caroço” 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 | caroço |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.'ɾo.su/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #26,999 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “caroço”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around caroço (IPA /kɐ.'ɾo.su/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,999 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for caroço, with forms such as "acroço", "caorço", and "carooç". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "coco", "carro", "carol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is caroço, spelled C-A-R-O-Ç-O.
Definition
- 1semente de um fruto
- 2dinheiro
- 3núcleo
- 4gânglio enfartado
- 5íngua
- 6calombo
- 7engasgo
- 8dificuldade ao falar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caroço appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
... posto que no princípio do rio nos convidaram com uma fruta do tamanho e cor das nossas camoesas: é espécie dos guités do Brasil; porém, estes têm muito menor caroço e sem couro; chamam-lhe os índios titiribás; se o açúcar fora menos doce, dele e de gemas de ovos parece se pudera imitar, na cor e no sabor, a massa de que é composta esta fruta.
Já de volta do grossista, meditava na dureza da vida, que era madrasta para ele. ( " Olhassem para o Necas. Até o " caroço " lhe caía do céu por não ter unhas " ) Pois bem! Ele a pensar no amigo e o farsante a surdir-lhe na frente. ( " Chiba! Nem parecia o mesmo " ) Trazia uma fatiota nova, ajustada...
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acroço
- caorço
- carooç
- carroço
- carçoo
- ccaroço
- craoço
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caroço - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
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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 (7 here; floor ≥5).