cobalto
/kuˈbałtu/
The verdict
“cobalto” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,698
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento químico de símbolo Co, possui o número atômico 27 e massa atômica relativa 58,933 u; é um metal de transição, de coloração branco azulada; é obtido principalmente dos minerais carrolita, l...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cobalto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kuˈbałtu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cobalto” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cobalto (IPA /kuˈbałtu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,698 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "elemento químico de símbolo Co, possui o número atômico 27 e massa atômica relativa 58,933 u; é um metal de transição, de coloração branco azulada; é obtido principalmente dos minerais carrolita, l...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cobalto, with forms such as "cboalto", "ccobalto", and "coablto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cobalto, spelled C-O-B-A-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1elemento químico de símbolo Co, possui o número atômico 27 e massa atômica relativa 58,933 u; é um metal de transição, de coloração branco azulada; é obtido principalmente dos minerais carrolita, lineíta, esmaltita e cobaltita; é muito utilizado na indústria como catalisador e, em super ligas metálicas, para fabricação de turbinas a jato; seu isótopo ⁶⁰Co é utilizado na medicina como fonte de radiação gama em radioterapia
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cboalto,ccobalto,coablto,coballto,cobalot,cobaltto,cobatlo,cobbalto,coblato,ocbalto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cobalto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “cobalto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-B-A-L-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kuˈbałtu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.