carranca
/kɐ.ˈRɐ̃.kɐ/
The verdict
“carranca” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,285 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,285
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - carão
Corpus desk
Index PT-carranca · carranca · Portuguese
carranca · rank #54,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,285
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cartolina
Nearest frequency peer: cartolina (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “carranca”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- bride
bride
45,729 corpus weight
- bucetuda
bucetuda
45,725 corpus weight
- carranca
carranca
45,716 corpus weight
- cartolina
cartolina
45,715 corpus weight
- chamariz
chamariz
45,706 corpus weight
- charm
charm
45,704 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “carranca” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carranca |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈRɐ̃.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “carranca” em português
Rare enough to double-check
carranca is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,285 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.ˈRɐ̃.kɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
carranca doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is carranca, spelled C-A-R-R-A-N-C-A.
Definition
- 1carão
- 2cara feia
- 3semblante sombrio
- 4cara grande com expressão ameaçadora que se usa na proa das embarcações para espantar maus espíritos, segundo a crendice popular
- 5rosto ou busto humanos ou de animais, usada na proa dos barcos do rio São Francisco
Synonyms
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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