caxumba
The verdict
“caxumba” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #45,238 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #45,238
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - inflamação das parótidas
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caxumba |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caxumba” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for caxumba is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #45,238 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "inflamação das parótidas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for caxumba, with forms such as "acxumba", "cauxmba", and "caxmuba". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "caramba", "caçamba", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 caxumba, spelled C-A-X-U-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1inflamação das parótidas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acxumba,cauxmba,caxmuba,caxubma,caxumab,caxumbba,caxummba,caxxumba,ccaxumba,cxaumba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caxumba - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “caxumba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-X-U-M-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “caramba” - see the side-by-side comparison. caxumba vs caramba
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.