cartolina

/kɐɾ.tu.ˈli.nɐ/

//kɐɾ.tu.ˈli.nɐ// noun

The verdict

“cartolina” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,286 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,286
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espécie de cartão liso e fino

Corpus desk

Index PT-cartolina · cartolina · Portuguese

cartolina · rank #54,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,286
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH carranca

Nearest frequency peer: carranca (-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 “cartolina”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cartolina” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cartolina
PropertyValue
Headwordcartolina
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐɾ.tu.ˈli.nɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,286
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cartolina” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.cartolinacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “carranca” (#54,285), “chamariz” (#54,295), “bucetuda” (#54,276). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cartolina” fica em #54,286. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cartolina is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,286 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɐɾ.tu.ˈli.nɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espécie de cartão liso e fino".

Zero misspellings are on record for cartolina in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cartolina, spelled C-A-R-T-O-L-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Espécie de cartão liso e fino

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 "cartolina"?
"cartolina" is spelled C-A-R-T-O-L-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐɾ.tu.ˈli.nɐ/.
What does "cartolina" mean?
As a noun, "cartolina" means: Espécie de cartão liso e fino
How do you pronounce "cartolina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartolina" is /kɐɾ.tu.ˈli.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list