castrar
/kɐʃ.ˈtɾaɾ/
The verdict
“castrar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,834 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,834
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - extrair ou inutilizar os órgãos reprodutores a; capar
Corpus desk
Index PT-castrar · castrar · Portuguese
castrar · rank #54,834 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,834
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH candeia
Nearest frequency peer: candeia (-4 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 “castrar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- callum
callum
45,174 corpus weight
- calço
calço
45,173 corpus weight
- candeia
candeia
45,171 corpus weight
- castrar
castrar
45,167 corpus weight
- chaga
chaga
45,163 corpus weight
- circunstanc…
circunstancial
45,156 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “castrar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castrar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kɐʃ.ˈtɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “castrar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
castrar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,834 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kɐʃ.ˈtɾaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for castrar in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is castrar, spelled C-A-S-T-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1extrair ou inutilizar os órgãos reprodutores a; capar
- 2tirar o mel de (colmeias), tirando parte dos favos; crestar
This word in other languages
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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