cravinho

/kɾɐ.ˈvi.ɲu/

//kɾɐ.ˈvi.ɲu// noun

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The verdict

“cravinho” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,883 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,883
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pequeno cravo

Corpus desk

Index PT-cravinho · cravinho · Portuguese

cravinho · rank #70,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,883
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH Conley

Nearest frequency peer: Conley (-14 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 “cravinho”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “cravinho” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cravinho
PropertyValue
Headwordcravinho
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɾɐ.ˈvi.ɲu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,883
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cravinho” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).cravinhocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Conley” (#70,869), “desconcertado” (#70,910), “Cobol” (#70,853). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cravinho” fica em #70,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cravinho is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,883 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɾɐ.ˈvi.ɲu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cravinho, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is cravinho, spelled C-R-A-V-I-N-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequeno cravo
  2. 2
    variedade de prego pequeno
  3. 3
    cada um dos pequenos botões, ainda fechados, da planta cravo-da-índia
  4. 4
    cravo
  5. 5
    cravina-do-poeta (Dianthus barbatus)

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 "cravinho"?
"cravinho" is spelled C-R-A-V-I-N-H-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kɾɐ.ˈvi.ɲu/.
What does "cravinho" mean?
As a noun, "cravinho" means: pequeno cravo
How do you pronounce "cravinho"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cravinho" is /kɾɐ.ˈvi.ɲu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cravinho" come from?
"cravinho" 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 "cravinho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

difração#70,920embebido#70,941burlesco#70,824agraciar#70,729

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list