kakao

//ˈka.ka.ɔ/./ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#88,342

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

kakao is aPortuguesenoun. It means: cacau Pronounced /ˈka.ka.ɔ/..

Key facts for kakao
PropertyValue
Headwordkakao
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈka.ka.ɔ/.
Letters5
Frequency rank#88,342
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for kakao is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈka.ka.ɔ/.. Corpus data places it at rank #88,342 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "cacau".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for kakao in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 kakao, spelled K-A-K-A-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    cacau

Frequency rank: #88,342 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kakao"?
"kakao" is spelled K-A-K-A-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈka.ka.ɔ/..
What does "kakao" mean?
As a noun, "kakao" means: cacau
How do you pronounce "kakao"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kakao" is /ˈka.ka.ɔ/.. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kakao" come from?
"kakao" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.