cavaquinho
/ka.vaˈki.ɲo/
The verdict
“cavaquinho” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,038
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento da família dos cordofones originário do Minho, norte de Portugal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cavaquinho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ka.vaˈki.ɲo/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #30,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cavaquinho” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around cavaquinho (IPA /ka.vaˈki.ɲo/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,038 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for cavaquinho, with forms such as "acvaquinho", "caavquinho", and "cavaqiunho". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 cavaquinho, spelled C-A-V-A-Q-U-I-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1instrumento da família dos cordofones originário do Minho, norte de Portugal
- 2(mais usado no plural) lasca ou palito de madeira com que se inicia o fogo; lasquinha
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acvaquinho
- caavquinho
- cavaqiunho
- cavaqquinho
- cavaquihno
- cavaquinhho
- cavaquinnho
- cavaquinoh
- cavaquniho
- cavauqinho
- cavqauinho
- cavvaquinho
- ccavaquinho
- cvaaquinho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cavaquinho - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “cavaquinho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-V-A-Q-U-I-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ka.vaˈki.ɲo/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.