cobre
/ˈkɔ.bɾi/
The verdict
“cobre” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,888 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,888
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - elemento de símbolo Cu, possui o número atômico 29 e massa atômica relativa de 63,536 u; é um metal avermelhado, encontrado na natureza associado a minérios como a cuprita, malaquita, calcopirita e...
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 | cobre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔ.bɾi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #3,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cobre” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cobre is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɔ.bɾi/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,888 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cobre, with forms such as "cbore", "ccobre", and "cobbre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "coro", "core", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cobre, spelled C-O-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1elemento de símbolo Cu, possui o número atômico 29 e massa atômica relativa de 63,536 u; é um metal avermelhado, encontrado na natureza associado a minérios como a cuprita, malaquita, calcopirita e a bornita; por ser excelente condutor de eletricidade e muito resistente à corrosão, é empregado em condutores elétricos, motores, eletroímãs e encanamentos
- 2moeda deste metal
- 3qualquer moeda
- 4, dinheiro
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cbore,ccobre,cobbre,cober,cobrre,corbe,ocbre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cobre - 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 “cobre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-B-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɔ.bɾi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cor” - see the side-by-side comparison. cobre vs cor
- 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.