carteira de habilitação

phrase

The verdict

“carteira de habilitação” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
23
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - documento obrigatório para poder dirigir um veículo automotor

Corpus desk

Index PT-carteira-de-habilitacao · carteira de habilitação · Portuguese

carteira de habilitação · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 23 letters
  • VOW-10 10 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for carteira de habilitação
PropertyValue
Headwordcarteira de habilitação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters23
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “carteira de habilitação” em português

carteira de habilitaçãonão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

carteira de habilitação is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "documento obrigatório para poder dirigir um veículo automotor".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for carteira de habilitação, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is carteira de habilitação, spelled C-A-R-T-E-I-R-A- -D-E- -H-A-B-I-L-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    documento obrigatório para poder dirigir um veículo automotor

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Além de se recusar a fazer o teste do bafômetro, o atacante apresentou uma carteira de habilitação que não constava no sistema Infoseg nem no Detran, e teve o documento apreendido.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "carteira de habilitação"?
"carteira de habilitação" is spelled C-A-R-T-E-I-R-A- -D-E- -H-A-B-I-L-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "carteira de habilitação" mean?
As a phrase, "carteira de habilitação" means: documento obrigatório para poder dirigir um veículo automotor
What language does "carteira de habilitação" come from?
"carteira de habilitação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list