cobertor

//ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,232

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

cobertor is aPortuguesenoun. It means: 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 Pronounced /ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ/. Often confused with coletor and coberta.

Key facts for cobertor
PropertyValue
Headwordcobertor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#11,232
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cobertor in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cobertor is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for cobertor, with forms such as "cboertor", "ccobertor", and "cobbertor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is cobertor, spelled C-O-B-E-R-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cboertor,ccobertor,cobbertor,coberotr,coberrtor,cobertorr,cobertro,coberttor,cobetror,cobretor,coebrtor,ocbertor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cobertor

Misspelling Variants of "cobertor"

cboertor8ccobertor9cobbertor9coberotr8coberrtor9cobertorr9cobertro8coberttor9
Misspelling Variants of "cobertor"

Frequency rank: #11,232 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cobertor"?
"cobertor" is spelled C-O-B-E-R-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ/.
What does "cobertor" mean?
As a noun, "cobertor" means: 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
What words are commonly confused with "cobertor"?
"cobertor" is commonly confused with "coletor", "coberta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cobertor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cobertor" is /ku.bɨɾ.ˈtoɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cobertor" come from?
"cobertor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.