cartão
/kɐɾ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“cartão” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,769. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,769
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - papel forte
Corpus desk
Index PT-cartao · cartão · Portuguese
cartão · rank #1,769 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,769
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH capitão
Nearest frequency peer: capitão (-1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cartão”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- volume
volume
98,236 corpus weight
- capitão
capitão
98,233 corpus weight
- cartão
cartão
98,232 corpus weight
- cheia
cheia
98,231 corpus weight
- custo
custo
98,228 corpus weight
- distrito
distrito
98,227 corpus weight
What this shows “cartão” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | cartão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐɾ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cartão”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around cartão (IPA /kɐɾ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,769 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cartão, with forms such as "acrtão", "carrtão", and "cartoã". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cata", "certo", "curto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cartão, spelled C-A-R-T-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1papel forte
- 2papelão
- 3bilhete-de-visita
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acrtão
- carrtão
- cartoã
- carttão
- carãto
- catrão
- ccartão
- cratão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cartão - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cartão", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).