do cão
The verdict
“do cão” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - enorme, muito grande
Corpus desk
Index PT-do-cao · do cão · Portuguese
do cão · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | do cão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “do cão” em português
Rare enough to double-check
do cão is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for do cão in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 do cão, spelled D-O- -C-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1enorme, muito grande
- 2intenso
- 3enorme, muito grande, demasiado, excessivo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how do cão appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vamos comer, disse ela, estou com uma fome do cão.
Tinha andado muito, e disse que estava com uma sede do cão e que queria água.
Synonyms
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.