cartaz

noun

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The verdict

“cartaz” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,274
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - papel grande que contém um ou mais anúncios, e destinado a afixar-se em lugar público

Corpus desk

Index PT-cartaz · cartaz · Portuguese

cartaz · rank #6,274 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,274
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH comboio

Nearest frequency peer: comboio (+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 “cartaz”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “cartaz” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cartaz vs cata
67% similar
cartaz vs corta
67% similar
cartaz vs carvão
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cartaz
PropertyValue
Headwordcartaz
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,274
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cartaz”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cartazcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “comboio” (#6,275), “capturar” (#6,272), “bêbado” (#6,271). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cartaz” fica em #6,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cartaz, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,274 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "papel grande que contém um ou mais anúncios, e destinado a afixar-se em lugar público".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cartaz, with forms such as "acrtaz", "caratz", and "carrtaz". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cata", "corta", "carvão", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cartaz, spelled C-A-R-T-A-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    papel grande que contém um ou mais anúncios, e destinado a afixar-se em lugar público

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cartaz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O ator Cazu Barroz, de 40 anos, que já participou de campanhas do ministério sobre o HIV, segurava um cartaz afirmando que 143 cariocas morrem por mês vítimas de aids no Rio (no ano, esse número chega a 1.707).

This word in other languages

Plakat(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrtaz
  • caratz
  • carrtaz
  • cartazz
  • carttaz
  • cartza
  • catraz
  • ccartaz
  • crataz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cartaz - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acrtaz2caratz2carrtaz1cartazz1carttaz1cartza2catraz2ccartaz1
Edit distance from "cartaz"

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 "cartaz"?
"cartaz" is spelled C-A-R-T-A-Z.
What does "cartaz" mean?
As a noun, "cartaz" means: papel grande que contém um ou mais anúncios, e destinado a afixar-se em lugar público
What words are commonly confused with "cartaz"?
"cartaz" is commonly confused with "cata", "corta", "carvão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cartaz" come from?
"cartaz" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bêbado#6,271bocado#6,269atirar#6,264adotar#6,258

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

comboio9 variantsansioso9 variantsalmoçar9 variantssituado9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list