cavado
/kɐ.ˈva.du/
The verdict
“cavado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,396 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,396
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se cavou
Corpus desk
Index PT-cavado · cavado · Portuguese
cavado · rank #50,396 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,396
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cautelosamente
Nearest frequency peer: cautelosamente (-2 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 “cavado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- capuchinho
capuchinho
49,615 corpus weight
- carpa
carpa
49,612 corpus weight
- cautelosame…
cautelosamente
49,607 corpus weight
- cavado
cavado
49,605 corpus weight
- cegar
cegar
49,603 corpus weight
- cerâmico
cerâmico
49,600 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cavado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cavado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈva.du/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #50,396 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cavado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cavado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,396 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kɐ.ˈva.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cavado in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cavado, spelled C-A-V-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1que se cavou
- 2profundo (em se falando de decote de roupa)
- 3obtido por meios ilícitos (em se falando de faltas)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cavado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sim, ele foi preso mas fugiu numa fuga espetacular, por um túnel cavado nos subterrâneos do próprio presídio e que ia dar Deus sabe onde.
Macacão collant cavado no peito cabeludo, ele ajeita o penteado de mullets louro-farmácia, toma impulso, salta na horizontal e buf! acerta o peito do adversário com a sola das botinhas brancas.
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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