catre
/ˈka.tɾɨ/
The verdict
“catre” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cama simples para uma só pessoa, leito rústico, cama de madeira
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈka.tɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “catre” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for catre is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈka.tɾɨ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "cama simples para uma só pessoa, leito rústico, cama de madeira".
catre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is catre, spelled C-A-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1cama simples para uma só pessoa, leito rústico, cama de madeira
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.
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Using “catre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈka.tɾɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.