coçar
/ku.ˈsaɾ/
The verdict
“coçar” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,956. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,956
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - esfregar com as unhas, ou com outro objeto, qualquer parte do corpo onde se sente comichão
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 | coçar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ku.ˈsaɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #23,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coçar” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around coçar (IPA /ku.ˈsaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,956 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for coçar, with forms such as "ccoçar", "coaçr", and "coçarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "copa", "coco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is coçar, spelled C-O-Ç-A-R.
Definition
- 1esfregar com as unhas, ou com outro objeto, qualquer parte do corpo onde se sente comichão
- 2bater
- 3aplanar o chão nas salinas
- 4não fazer coisa alguma, fazer nada
- 5tomar ação, ser expediente a fim de
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccoçar
- coaçr
- coçarr
- coçra
- cçoar
- ocçar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coçar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “coçar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-Ç-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.ˈsaɾ/ (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. coçar vs cor
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.