crío
[ˈkɾi.o]
The verdict
“crío” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - criança, menino
Corpus desk
Index PT-crio · crío · Portuguese
crío · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | crío |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɾi.o] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “crío” em português
Rare enough to double-check
crío is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɾi.o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for crío in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 crío, spelled C-R-Í-O.
Definition
- 1criança, menino
- 2jovem
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how crío appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aún eres muy crío para hacer esas cosas.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.