cobre

//ˈkɔ.bɾi// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,888

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cobre is aPortuguesenoun. It means: 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... Pronounced /ˈkɔ.bɾi/. It ranks #3,888 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with cor and coro.

Key facts for cobre
PropertyValue
Headwordcobre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɔ.bɾi/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,888
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cobre is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for cobre, with forms such as "cbore", "ccobre", and "cobbre". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "coro", "core", and more, 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 cobre, spelled C-O-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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 a bornita; por ser excelente condutor de eletricidade e muito resistente à corrosão, é empregado em condutores elétricos, motores, eletroímãs e encanamentos
  2. 2
    moeda deste metal
  3. 3
    qualquer moeda
  4. 4
    , dinheiro

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cbore,ccobre,cobbre,cober,cobrre,corbe,ocbre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cobre

Misspelling Variants of "cobre"

cbore5ccobre6cobbre6cober5cobrre6corbe5ocbre5
Misspelling Variants of "cobre"

Frequency rank: #3,888 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cobre"?
"cobre" is spelled C-O-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɔ.bɾi/.
What does "cobre" mean?
As a noun, "cobre" means: 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...
What words are commonly confused with "cobre"?
"cobre" is commonly confused with "cor", "coro", "core". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cobre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cobre" is /ˈkɔ.bɾi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cobre" come from?
"cobre" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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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.