kapo
/'ka.po/, /'kɑ.pɔ/
The verdict
“kapo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,588 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,588
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cabeça:
Corpus desk
Index PT-kapo · kapo · Portuguese
kapo · rank #86,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,588
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH jubilar
Nearest frequency peer: jubilar (-8 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 “kapo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Isabele
Isabele
13,431 corpus weight
- jubilar
jubilar
13,421 corpus weight
- kapo
kapo
13,413 corpus weight
- kok
kok
13,404 corpus weight
- kuka
kuka
13,401 corpus weight
- lacraia
lacraia
13,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “kapo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kapo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /'ka.po/, /'kɑ.pɔ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “kapo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
kapo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,588 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /'ka.po/, /'kɑ.pɔ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
kapo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is kapo, spelled K-A-P-O.
Definition
- 1cabeça:
- 2capa (Κ/κ), décima letra do alfabeto grego
- 3kappa, gataro, kawako
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how kapo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oni ofte imagas marvirinojn kun kapoj de virinoj kaj korpoj de fiŝoj.
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.
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