cartório

/kɐɾ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/

//kɐɾ.ˈtɔ.ɾju// noun

The verdict

“cartório” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,959. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,959
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - arquivo de documentos públicos

Corpus desk

Index PT-cartorio · cartório · Portuguese

cartório · rank #16,959 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,959
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH carrasco

Nearest frequency peer: carrasco (-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 “cartório”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cartório” 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
Key facts for cartório
PropertyValue
Headwordcartório
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐɾ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,959
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cartório”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.cartóriocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “carrasco” (#16,958), “canteiro” (#16,956), “cifra” (#16,963). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cartório” fica em #16,959. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cartório (IPA /kɐɾ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,959 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cartório, with forms such as "acrtório", "carrtório", and "cartróio". 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. 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cartório, spelled C-A-R-T-Ó-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    arquivo de documentos públicos
  2. 2
    escritório de tabelião, encarregado de realizar procurações, testamentos, escrituras, atas notariais, inventário, separação, divórcio, partilha de bens, usucapião, apostilamento de haia, reconhecer firma e autenticar documentos

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acrtório
  • carrtório
  • cartróio
  • carttório
  • cartóiro
  • cartóroi
  • cartórrio
  • carótrio
  • catrório
  • ccartório
  • cratório

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cartório - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acrtório2carrtório1cartróio2carttório1cartóiro2cartóroi2cartórrio1carótrio2
Edit distance from "cartório"

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 "cartório"?
"cartório" is spelled C-A-R-T-Ó-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐɾ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/.
What does "cartório" mean?
As a noun, "cartório" means: arquivo de documentos públicos
What are common misspellings of "cartório"?
Common misspellings include "acrtório", "carrtório", "cartróio", "carttório", "cartóiro". The correct spelling is "cartório".
How do you pronounce "cartório"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cartório" is /kɐɾ.ˈtɔ.ɾju/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cartório" come from?
"cartório" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list