cobiçar

/ku.bi.ˈsaɾ/

//ku.bi.ˈsaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“cobiçar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,830 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,830
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ter cobiça de alguma coisa ou pessoa

Corpus desk

Index PT-cobicar · cobiçar · Portuguese

cobiçar · rank #60,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,830
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH coincidente

Nearest frequency peer: coincidente (+1 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “cobiçar”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cobiçar
PropertyValue
Headwordcobiçar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ku.bi.ˈsaɾ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,830
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “cobiçar” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.cobiçarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “coincidente” (#60,831), “charco” (#60,818), “concordata” (#60,842). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cobiçar” fica em #60,830. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cobiçar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,830 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ku.bi.ˈsaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

cobiçar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is cobiçar, spelled C-O-B-I-Ç-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ter cobiça de alguma coisa ou pessoa
  2. 2
    desejar ardentemente
  3. 3
    ambicionar

This word in other languages

covet(English)codiciar(Español)convoiter(Français)begehren(Deutsch)

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 "cobiçar"?
"cobiçar" is spelled C-O-B-I-Ç-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.bi.ˈsaɾ/.
What does "cobiçar" mean?
As a verb, "cobiçar" means: ter cobiça de alguma coisa ou pessoa
How do you pronounce "cobiçar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cobiçar" is /ku.bi.ˈsaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cobiçar" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

chamber#60,817cuspido#60,863bambino#60,766divagar#60,896

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list