cobrar
/ko.ˈbɾaχ/
The verdict
“cobrar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,175. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,175
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pedir ou ordenar o recebimento de algo
Corpus desk
Index PT-cobrar · cobrar · Portuguese
cobrar · rank #5,175 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,175
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH colo
Nearest frequency peer: colo (+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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cobrar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- cobrar
cobrar
94,826 corpus weight
- colo
colo
94,825 corpus weight
- corda
corda
94,823 corpus weight
- Davi
Davi
94,819 corpus weight
- deitar
deitar
94,818 corpus weight
- diária
diária
94,816 corpus weight
What this shows “cobrar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | cobrar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ko.ˈbɾaχ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #5,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “cobrar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around cobrar (IPA /ko.ˈbɾaχ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,175 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cobrar, with forms such as "cborar", "ccobrar", and "cobarr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "cobre", "colar", "coral", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cobrar, spelled C-O-B-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1pedir ou ordenar o recebimento de algo
- 2exigir responsabilidade(s)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cborar
- ccobrar
- cobarr
- cobbrar
- cobrarr
- cobrra
- cobrrar
- corbar
- ocbrar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cobrar - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cobrar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).