carrilhão
/kɐ.Ri.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“carrilhão” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,898 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,898
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento musical de percussão formado por um teclado e um conjunto de sinos de tamanhos variados, controlados pelo teclado
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carrilhão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.Ri.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carrilhão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
carrilhão is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,898 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐ.Ri.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instrumento musical de percussão formado por um teclado e um conjunto de sinos de tamanhos variados, controlados pelo teclado".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for carrilhão, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is carrilhão, spelled C-A-R-R-I-L-H-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1instrumento musical de percussão formado por um teclado e um conjunto de sinos de tamanhos variados, controlados pelo teclado
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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Using “carrilhão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-R-R-I-L-H-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.Ri.ˈʎɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.