cobertor
/ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ/
The verdict
“cobertor” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,232 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,232
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - peça encorpada e felpuda de lã ou algodão que se estende sobre os lençóis, para se cobrir e proteger-se contra o frio, geralmente ao dormir
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cobertor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cobertor” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cobertor is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,232 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "peça encorpada e felpuda de lã ou algodão que se estende sobre os lençóis, para se cobrir e proteger-se contra o frio, geralmente ao dormir".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cobertor, with forms such as "cboertor", "ccobertor", and "cobbertor". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "coletor", "coberta", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cobertor, spelled C-O-B-E-R-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1peça encorpada e felpuda de lã ou algodão que se estende sobre os lençóis, para se cobrir e proteger-se contra o frio, geralmente ao dormir
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cboertor,ccobertor,cobbertor,coberotr,coberrtor,cobertorr,cobertro,coberttor,cobetror,cobretor,coebrtor,ocbertor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cobertor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “cobertor”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-B-E-R-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “coletor” - see the side-by-side comparison. cobertor vs coletor
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.