# cautela

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /kaw.ˈtɛ.lɐ/ · frequency rank #11,408

## Definitions
1. cuidado para evitar um mal
2. precaução
3. prevenção
4. fração de lotaria

## Easily confused with
- **costela** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cautela-vs-costela)
- **cautelar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cautela-vs-cautelar)
- **cartel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cartel-vs-cautela)
- **cadela** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cadela-vs-cautela)
- **canela** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/canela-vs-cautela)
- **castelo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castelo-vs-cautela)
- **cartola** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cartola-vs-cautela)
- **cancela** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cancela-vs-cautela)
- **castelão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castelao-vs-cautela)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acutela`, `catuela`, `cauetla`, `cauteal`, `cautella`, `cautlea`, `cauttela`, `ccautela`, `cuatela`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/cautela