Kauã

Name: Kauã, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/kaw'ɐ̃/

//kaw'ɐ̃// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Kauã” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,925 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,925
frequency rank, Portuguese: 95
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prenome masculino

Corpus desk

Index PT-kaua · Kauã · Portuguese

Kauã · rank #94,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #94,925
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 95
PHOTO-FINISH kien

Nearest frequency peer: kien (+5 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.

joelheira

5,088
Kauã

5,076
kien

5,071
kier

5,070
kuru

5,061
lias

5,050

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Kauã” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Key facts for Kauã
Property	Value
Headword	Kauã
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/kaw'ɐ̃/
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#94,925
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Kauã” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Kauãcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#94,925

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “kien” (#94,930), “kier” (#94,931), “joelheira” (#94,913). Entre 95 lemas com “K”, “Kauã” fica em #94,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Kauã is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,925 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kaw'ɐ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "prenome masculino".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kauã, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Kauã, spelled K-A-U-Ã.

Definition

1
prenome masculino

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 "Kauã"?

"Kauã" is spelled K-A-U-Ã. The IPA pronunciation is /kaw'ɐ̃/.

What does "Kauã" mean?

As a noun, "Kauã" means: prenome masculino

How do you pronounce "Kauã"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kauã" is /kaw'ɐ̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Kauã" come from?

"Kauã" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kauã", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kien#94,930 kier#94,931 kuru#94,940 lias#94,951