carretel

noun

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The verdict

“carretel” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,617 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#52,617
frequency rank, Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cilindro onde se enrolam fios ou linha de costura

Key facts for carretel
PropertyValue
Headwordcarretel
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,617
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “carretel” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). carretel lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for carretel is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #52,617 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for carretel in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is carretel, spelled C-A-R-R-E-T-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    cilindro onde se enrolam fios ou linha de costura
  2. 2
    ânus
  3. 3
    rolo de metal ou plástico no qual é enrolado o filme ou a fita magnética; bobina
  4. 4
    cilindro que gira sobre um eixo, e do qual se desprende da barquinha o fio de medir a velocidade do navio

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 "carretel"?
"carretel" is spelled C-A-R-R-E-T-E-L.
What does "carretel" mean?
As a noun, "carretel" means: cilindro onde se enrolam fios ou linha de costura
What language does "carretel" come from?
"carretel" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “carretel”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-R-R-E-T-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list