karaté
/ka.ɾa.ˈtɛ/
The verdict
“karaté” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,648 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,648
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - espécie de combate de origem japonesa
Corpus desk
Index PT-karate · karaté · Portuguese
karaté · rank #55,648 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,648
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH lampejo
Nearest frequency peer: lampejo (+6 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 “karaté”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- irrisório
irrisório
44,365 corpus weight
- jacutinga
jacutinga
44,361 corpus weight
- karaté
karaté
44,353 corpus weight
- lampejo
lampejo
44,347 corpus weight
- lúpulo
lúpulo
44,335 corpus weight
- marajoara
marajoara
44,328 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “karaté” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | karaté |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ka.ɾa.ˈtɛ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “karaté” em português
Rare enough to double-check
karaté is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,648 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ka.ɾa.ˈtɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "espécie de combate de origem japonesa".
No misspelling variants are generated for karaté in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is karaté, spelled K-A-R-A-T-É.
Definition
- 1espécie de combate de origem japonesa
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 "karaté"?
What does "karaté" mean?
How do you pronounce "karaté"?
What language does "karaté" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "karaté", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).