cigarro

/si.ˈɡa.Ru/

//si.ˈɡa.Ru// noun

The verdict

“cigarro” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,621. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,621
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - porção de tabaco enrolado na mortalha (papel) para se fumar

Corpus desk

Index PT-cigarro · cigarro · Portuguese

cigarro · rank #4,621 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,621
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH chato

Nearest frequency peer: chato (-2 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 “cigarro”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cigarro” 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).

cigarro vs carro
71% similar
cigarro vs cigano
71% similar
cigarro vs catarro
71% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cigarro”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cigarrocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “chato” (#4,619), “Brazil” (#4,615), “crer” (#4,627). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cigarro” fica em #4,621. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cigarro (IPA /si.ˈɡa.Ru/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,621 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cigarro, with forms such as "ccigarro", "cgiarro", and "ciagrro". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "carro", "cigano", "catarro", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is cigarro, spelled C-I-G-A-R-R-O.

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mikhail Bakhtin, exilado no Casaquistão, usou seu trabalho sobre Dostoievski como papel para cigarro, depois de ter fumado um exemplar da Bíblia.

Synonyms

pitilho

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccigarro
  • cgiarro
  • ciagrro
  • cigaro
  • cigaror
  • ciggarro
  • cigraro
  • icgarro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cigarro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccigarro1cgiarro2ciagrro2cigaro1cigaror2ciggarro1cigraro2icgarro2
Edit distance from "cigarro"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list