carteira de motorista
/kɐx.ˈte.ɾɐ dʒi mo.toˈɾiʃ.tɐ/
The verdict
“carteira de motorista” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - documento oficial que atesta a aptidão de um cidadão para conduzir veículos automotores terrestres
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carteira de motorista |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /kɐx.ˈte.ɾɐ dʒi mo.toˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “carteira de motorista” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for carteira de motorista is 21 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐx.ˈte.ɾɐ dʒi mo.toˈɾiʃ.tɐ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "documento oficial que atesta a aptidão de um cidadão para conduzir veículos automotores terrestres".
carteira de motorista has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is carteira de motorista, spelled C-A-R-T-E-I-R-A- -D-E- -M-O-T-O-R-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1documento oficial que atesta a aptidão de um cidadão para conduzir veículos automotores terrestres
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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.
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Using “carteira de motorista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-R-T-E-I-R-A- -D-E- -M-O-T-O-R-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐx.ˈte.ɾɐ dʒi mo.toˈɾiʃ.tɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.