Cobol

noun

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The verdict

“Cobol” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,853 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,853
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - COBOL

Corpus desk

Index PT-cobol · Cobol · Portuguese

Cobol · rank #70,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,853
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH claraboia

Nearest frequency peer: claraboia (-4 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 “Cobol”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cobol
PropertyValue
HeadwordCobol
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,853
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Cobol” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).Cobolcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “claraboia” (#70,849), “choça” (#70,844), “choramingar” (#70,843). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “Cobol” fica em #70,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cobol is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,853 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "COBOL".

Cobol doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is Cobol, spelled C-O-B-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    COBOL

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Cobol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Most programming in COBOL is now purely to maintain existing applications; however, many large financial institutions were still developing new systems in COBOL as late as 2006.

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 "Cobol"?
"Cobol" is spelled C-O-B-O-L.
What does "Cobol" mean?
As a noun, "Cobol" means: COBOL
What language does "Cobol" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

choça#70,844boçal#70,815tally#70,634swear#70,629

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list