carótida

noun

The verdict

“carótida” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,808 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,808
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cada uma das duas artérias, direita e esquerda, localizadas no pescoço e que irrigam a cabeça

Corpus desk

Index PT-carotida · carótida · Portuguese

carótida · rank #60,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,808
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH chamber

Nearest frequency peer: chamber (+9 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 “carótida”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carótida
PropertyValue
Headwordcarótida
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,808
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “carótida” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).carótidacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “chamber” (#60,817), “charco” (#60,818), “brun” (#60,792). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “carótida” fica em #60,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carótida is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,808 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "cada uma das duas artérias, direita e esquerda, localizadas no pescoço e que irrigam a cabeça".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carótida, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is carótida, spelled C-A-R-Ó-T-I-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    cada uma das duas artérias, direita e esquerda, localizadas no pescoço e que irrigam a cabeça

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Os médicos removeram uma placa ulcerada que estava obstruindo a carótida direita.

This word in other languages

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 "carótida"?
"carótida" is spelled C-A-R-Ó-T-I-D-A.
What does "carótida" mean?
As a noun, "carótida" means: cada uma das duas artérias, direita e esquerda, localizadas no pescoço e que irrigam a cabeça
What language does "carótida" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list