coentro

/ˈkwẽ.tɾu/

//ˈkwẽ.tɾu// noun

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The verdict

“coentro” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,366
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - coriandro, planta usada como tempero, Coriandrum sativum

Corpus desk

Index PT-coentro · coentro · Portuguese

coentro · rank #42,366 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,366
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH clorofila

Nearest frequency peer: clorofila (-2 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 “coentro”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “coentro” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

coentro vs conto
71% similar
coentro vs contra
71% similar
coentro vs contre
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for coentro
PropertyValue
Headwordcoentro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkwẽ.tɾu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,366
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “coentro”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).coentrocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “clorofila” (#42,364), “carbonato” (#42,349), “culinário” (#42,387). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “coentro” fica em #42,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around coentro (IPA /ˈkwẽ.tɾu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,366 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "coriandro, planta usada como tempero, Coriandrum sativum".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for coentro, with forms such as "ccoentro", "ceontro", and "coenntro". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "conto", "contra", "contre", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is coentro, spelled C-O-E-N-T-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    coriandro, planta usada como tempero, Coriandrum sativum

Synonyms

coendrosalsa-chinesa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoentro
  • ceontro
  • coenntro
  • coenrto
  • coentor
  • coentrro
  • coenttro
  • coetnro
  • conetro
  • ocentro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coentro - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccoentro1ceontro2coenntro1coenrto2coentor2coentrro1coenttro1coetnro2
Edit distance from "coentro"

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 "coentro"?
"coentro" is spelled C-O-E-N-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkwẽ.tɾu/.
What does "coentro" mean?
As a noun, "coentro" means: coriandro, planta usada como tempero, Coriandrum sativum
What words are commonly confused with "coentro"?
"coentro" is commonly confused with "conto", "contra", "contre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coentro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coentro" is /ˈkwẽ.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coentro" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

travesso10 variantsplácido10 variantsprovido10 variantsmacieira10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list