cárter
/ˈkaɹ.teɹ/
The verdict
“cárter” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,174 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,174
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça de um automóvel localizada na parte inferior do motor, protegendo-o e retendo o óleo que o lubrifica
Corpus desk
Index PT-carter · cárter · Portuguese
cárter · rank #70,174 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,174
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cuspo
Nearest frequency peer: cuspo (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cárter”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- copiadora
copiadora
29,844 corpus weight
- corriqueiro
corriqueiro
29,839 corpus weight
- cuspo
cuspo
29,828 corpus weight
- cárter
cárter
29,827 corpus weight
- cónego
cónego
29,825 corpus weight
- desempatar
desempatar
29,808 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cárter” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cárter |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkaɹ.teɹ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,174 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cárter” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cárter is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,174 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkaɹ.teɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "peça de um automóvel localizada na parte inferior do motor, protegendo-o e retendo o óleo que o lubrifica".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cárter in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cárter, spelled C-Á-R-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1peça de um automóvel localizada na parte inferior do motor, protegendo-o e retendo o óleo que o lubrifica
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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