# carrão

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA singular: /ka.'raŋ/ ou /ka.'raw/ · frequency rank #30,869

## Definitions
1. andorinhão-real, (Tachymarptis melba)
2. ave marinha da família Sternidae, especificamente a andorinha-do-mar-comum, (Sterna hirundo)
3. gaivota velha

## Easily confused with
- **carro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-carro)
- **carta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-carta)
- **cerro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-cerro)
- **carry** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-carry)
- **carros** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-carros)
- **cartão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-cartao)
- **carvão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-carvao)
- **cartaz** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-cartaz)
- **cordão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-cordao)
- **curral** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-curral)
- **caução** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-caucao)
- **cerrado** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-cerrado)
- **casarão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-casarao)
- **carrasco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carrao-vs-carrasco)
- **cara** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cara-vs-carrao)
- **caro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caro-vs-carrao)
- **caras** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caras-vs-carrao)
- **carga** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/carga-vs-carrao)
- **Cairo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cairo-vs-carrao)
- **cabra** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cabra-vs-carrao)

## Common misspellings (6)
`acrrão`, `carroã`, `carão`, `carãro`, `ccarrão`, `crarão`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/carrao