carpete

/kaɾ.ˈpɛ.tɨ/

//kaɾ.ˈpɛ.tɨ// noun

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The verdict

“carpete” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,267
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - grande tapete

Corpus desk

Index PT-carpete · carpete · Portuguese

carpete · rank #29,267 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,267
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH castigar

Nearest frequency peer: castigar (+1 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 “carpete”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “carpete” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

carpete vs carreta
71% similar
carpete vs cacete
71% similar
carpete vs cadete
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for carpete
PropertyValue
Headwordcarpete
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kaɾ.ˈpɛ.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,267
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “carpete”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.carpetecai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “castigar” (#29,268), “cariz” (#29,265), “centralização” (#29,269). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “carpete” fica em #29,267. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around carpete (IPA /kaɾ.ˈpɛ.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,267 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for carpete, with forms such as "acrpete", "caprete", and "carepte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "carreta", "cacete", "cadete", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is carpete, spelled C-A-R-P-E-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    grande tapete
  2. 2
    grande tapete, geralmente fixo no chão

Synonyms

alcatifa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrpete
  • caprete
  • carepte
  • carpeet
  • carpette
  • carppete
  • carptee
  • carrpete
  • ccarpete
  • crapete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carpete - 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.

acrpete2caprete2carepte2carpeet2carpette1carppete1carptee2carrpete1
Edit distance from "carpete"

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 "carpete"?
"carpete" is spelled C-A-R-P-E-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kaɾ.ˈpɛ.tɨ/.
What does "carpete" mean?
As a noun, "carpete" means: grande tapete
What words are commonly confused with "carpete"?
"carpete" is commonly confused with "carreta", "cacete", "cadete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "carpete"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carpete" is /kaɾ.ˈpɛ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carpete" come from?
"carpete" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list