cavo
/ˈka.vu/
The verdict
“cavo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,695 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,695
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem concavidade, côncavo
Corpus desk
Index PT-cavo · cavo · Portuguese
cavo · rank #62,695 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,695
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH carmim
Nearest frequency peer: carmim (-9 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 “cavo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Cambodia
Cambodia
37,322 corpus weight
- carambola
carambola
37,317 corpus weight
- carmim
carmim
37,315 corpus weight
- cavo
cavo
37,306 corpus weight
- chincha
chincha
37,294 corpus weight
- cisalhamento
cisalhamento
37,288 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cavo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cavo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈka.vu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #62,695 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “cavo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
cavo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,695 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈka.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cavo in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cavo, spelled C-A-V-O.
Definition
- 1que tem concavidade, côncavo
- 2oco
- 3a falar de um som ou da voz humana, com tonalidade rouca, oca, que semelha sair de uma caverna
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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