carril
/kɐ.ˈRiɫ/
The verdict
“carril” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,990 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,990
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - calha ou barra de metal sobre ou dentro da qual giram as rodas de certos veículos, nomeadamente os comboios; o mesmo que trilho:
Corpus desk
Index PT-carril · carril · Portuguese
carril · rank #67,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,990
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH caxiense
Nearest frequency peer: caxiense (+4 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 “carril”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Calebe
Calebe
32,026 corpus weight
- canseira
canseira
32,022 corpus weight
- carril
carril
32,011 corpus weight
- caxiense
caxiense
32,007 corpus weight
- chicória
chicória
32,000 corpus weight
- claim
claim
31,997 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “carril” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carril |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈRiɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #67,990 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “carril” em português
Rare enough to double-check
carril is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,990 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.ˈRiɫ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
carril doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is carril, spelled C-A-R-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1calha ou barra de metal sobre ou dentro da qual giram as rodas de certos veículos, nomeadamente os comboios; o mesmo que trilho:
- 2carreiro, normalmente desenhado pelas rodas das carroças
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how carril appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Há um tipo de comboio que roda sobre apenas um carril: é o monocarril; normalmente são usados dois carris.
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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