cigarro

//si.ˈɡa.Ru// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,621

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

cigarro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: porção de tabaco enrolado na mortalha (papel) para se fumar Pronounced /si.ˈɡa.Ru/. It ranks #4,621 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with carro and cigano.

Key facts for cigarro
PropertyValue
Headwordcigarro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/si.ˈɡa.Ru/
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,621
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cigarro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cigarro is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /si.ˈɡa.Ru/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,621 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cigarro, with forms such as "ccigarro", "cgiarro", and "ciagrro". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "carro", "cigano", "catarro", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cigarro, spelled C-I-G-A-R-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    porção de tabaco enrolado na mortalha (papel) para se fumar
  2. 2
    rebuçado de chocolate em forma de cigarro
  3. 3
    gafanhoto

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccigarro,cgiarro,ciagrro,cigaro,cigaror,ciggarro,cigraro,icgarro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cigarro

Misspelling Variants of "cigarro"

ccigarro8cgiarro7ciagrro7cigaro6cigaror7ciggarro8cigraro7icgarro7
Misspelling Variants of "cigarro"

Frequency rank: #4,621 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cigarro"?
"cigarro" is spelled C-I-G-A-R-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /si.ˈɡa.Ru/.
What does "cigarro" mean?
As a noun, "cigarro" means: porção de tabaco enrolado na mortalha (papel) para se fumar
What words are commonly confused with "cigarro"?
"cigarro" is commonly confused with "carro", "cigano", "catarro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cigarro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cigarro" is /si.ˈɡa.Ru/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cigarro" come from?
"cigarro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.