carrinho
/kɐ.ˈRi.ɲu/
The verdict
“carrinho” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,873 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,873
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - movimento rasteiro em que o jogador se joga com as pernas a frente, com a intenção de atingir a bola e/ou outro jogador com um ou ambos os pés ou, ocasionalmente, com outra parte do corpo
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carrinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈRi.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,873 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carrinho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for carrinho is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈRi.ɲu/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,873 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for carrinho, with forms such as "acrrinho", "carirnho", and "carrihno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "caminho", "carinho", "carrinha", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is carrinho, spelled C-A-R-R-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1movimento rasteiro em que o jogador se joga com as pernas a frente, com a intenção de atingir a bola e/ou outro jogador com um ou ambos os pés ou, ocasionalmente, com outra parte do corpo
- 2brinquedo infantil que consiste na miniatura de um carro
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acrrinho,carirnho,carrihno,carrinhho,carrinnho,carrinoh,carrniho,ccarrinho,crarinho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of carrinho - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “carrinho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-R-R-I-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.ˈRi.ɲu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “caminho” - see the side-by-side comparison. carrinho vs caminho
- 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.