catavento
/kataˈβento̝/ /kataˈβɛnto̝/
The verdict
“catavento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,416 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,416
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cata-vento
Corpus desk
Index PT-catavento · catavento · Portuguese
catavento · rank #69,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,416
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH caudaloso
Nearest frequency peer: caudaloso (+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 “catavento”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- capelo
capelo
30,591 corpus weight
- castellano
castellano
30,587 corpus weight
- catavento
catavento
30,585 corpus weight
- caudaloso
caudaloso
30,584 corpus weight
- charro
charro
30,576 corpus weight
- chorus
chorus
30,574 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “catavento” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catavento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kataˈβento̝/ /kataˈβɛnto̝/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “catavento” em português
Rare enough to double-check
catavento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,416 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kataˈβento̝/ /kataˈβɛnto̝/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
catavento doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is catavento, spelled C-A-T-A-V-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1cata-vento
- 2anemoscópio, biruta
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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