carriço

/kɐ.'ri.sʊ/ ou /kɐ.'ri.θʊ/

//kɐ.'ri.sʊ/ ou /kɐ.'ri.θʊ// noun

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The verdict

“carriço” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,379 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,379
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - carriço (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Corpus desk

Index PT-carrico · carriço · Portuguese

carriço · rank #85,379 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,379
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH caricaturista

Nearest frequency peer: caricaturista (-2 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 “carriço”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for carriço
PropertyValue
Headwordcarriço
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.'ri.sʊ/ ou /kɐ.'ri.θʊ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#85,379
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “carriço” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.carriçocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “caricaturista” (#85,377), “bravata” (#85,357), “bilha” (#85,350). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “carriço” fica em #85,379. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carriço is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,379 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.'ri.sʊ/ ou /kɐ.'ri.θʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

carriço doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is carriço, spelled C-A-R-R-I-Ç-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    carriço (Troglodytes troglodytes)
  2. 2
    pessoa, animal ou coisa muito pequenos
  3. 3
    gaivina (Sterna hirundo)
  4. 4
    giesta da espécie Genista berberidea; recebe também o nome alguma espécie de queiró
  5. 5
    cana silvestre
  6. 6
    poácea da espécie Festuca paniculata
  7. 7
    carriço (Phragmites australis)
  8. 8
    gramínea da espécie Carex nigra
  9. 9
    lúpulo (Humulus lupulus)
  10. 10
    o conjunto de caruma ou folha seca de pinheiro
  11. 11
    rascasso-de-pintas (Scorpaena porcus)

Synonyms

carriçagarriço

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 "carriço"?
"carriço" is spelled C-A-R-R-I-Ç-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.'ri.sʊ/ ou /kɐ.'ri.θʊ/.
What does "carriço" mean?
As a noun, "carriço" means: carriço (Troglodytes troglodytes)
How do you pronounce "carriço"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "carriço" is /kɐ.'ri.sʊ/ ou /kɐ.'ri.θʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "carriço" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

bravata#85,357berílio#85,344collect#85,419cântaro#85,477

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list