castrão
/kas.'tɾoŋ/
The verdict
“castrão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cabrão, bode
Corpus desk
Index PT-castrao · castrão · Portuguese
castrão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castrão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kas.'tɾoŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “castrão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
castrão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kas.'tɾoŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for castrão in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is castrão, spelled C-A-S-T-R-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1cabrão, bode
- 2bode castrado
- 3abelhão
- 4na meda de cereal ceifado, fileira de molhos dispostos mais verticais para fazer a forma de cone final
Synonyms
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.