Coimbra

/ˈkwĩbɹə/

//ˈkwĩbɹə// name

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"coimbra" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Coimbra” is uncommon English (frequency #75,740 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,740
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A district in central Portugal.

Corpus desk

Index EN-coimbra · Coimbra · English

Coimbra · rank #75,740 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,740
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH coir

Nearest frequency peer: coir (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “Coimbra”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Coimbra” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Coimbra
PropertyValue
HeadwordCoimbra
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈkwĩbɹə/
Letters7
Frequency rank#75,740
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Coimbra” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Coimbrafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “coir” (#75,741), “Coddington” (#75,737), “colloid” (#75,744). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “Coimbra” is #75,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Coimbra is uncommon English at frequency #75,740 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkwĩbɹə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Coimbra 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, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Portuguese Coimbra, from Old Galician-Portuguese Coimbra. The correct English form is Coimbra, spelled C-O-I-M-B-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A district in central Portugal.
  2. 2
    A city and municipality of Coimbra district, Portugal.
  3. 3
    A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Coimbra, from Old Galician-Portuguese Coimbra.

This word in other languages

Coímbra(Español)Coïmbre(Français)

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Coimbra"?
"Coimbra" is spelled C-O-I-M-B-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwĩbɹə/.
What does "Coimbra" mean?
As a proper noun, "Coimbra" means: A district in central Portugal.
How do you pronounce "Coimbra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Coimbra" is /ˈkwĩbɹə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Coimbra"?
Borrowed from Portuguese Coimbra, from Old Galician-Portuguese Coimbra. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colloid#75,744Chapple#75,716candela#75,699caesium#75,696

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list