caxumba

noun

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The verdict

“caxumba” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,238
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inflamação das parótidas

Corpus desk

Index PT-caxumba · caxumba · Portuguese

caxumba · rank #45,238 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,238
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH Caíque

Nearest frequency peer: Caíque (+1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “caxumba”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “caxumba” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

caxumba vs caramba
71% similar
caxumba vs caçamba
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for caxumba
PropertyValue
Headwordcaxumba
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,238
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “caxumba”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).caxumbacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Caíque” (#45,239), “catapulta” (#45,236), “cabina” (#45,224). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “caxumba” fica em #45,238. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around caxumba, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,238 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

  1. 1
    inflamação das parótidas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how caxumba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «É muito raro que uma pessoa tenha dois ataques de caxumba durante a vida, embora já se conheçam casos em que a doença atacou três vezes uma mesma pessoa.»
  2. «Depois, uma casa com muitas crianças pequenas, dessas que ontem estiveram com catapora, hoje com coqueluche, amanhã com caxumba. As mães olhavam para longe, tristes, com elas ao colo.»

This word in other languages

mumps(English)paperas(Español)oreillons(Français)Mumps(Deutsch)

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.

acxumba2cauxmba2caxmuba2caxubma2caxumab2caxumbba1caxummba1caxxumba1
Edit distance from "caxumba"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caxumba"?
"caxumba" is spelled C-A-X-U-M-B-A.
What does "caxumba" mean?
As a noun, "caxumba" means: inflamação das parótidas
What words are commonly confused with "caxumba"?
"caxumba" is commonly confused with "caramba", "caçamba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "caxumba" come from?
"caxumba" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caxumba", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alçapão#45,176foreman#45,364scholar#45,079isentar#45,413

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

leading10 variantsquarter10 variantslunares10 variantspatinar10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list