cognome
/ku.ɡˈno.mɨ/
The verdict
“cognome” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,527 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,527
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome de família após o prenome
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cognome |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.ɡˈno.mɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #96,527 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cognome” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cognome is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,527 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ku.ɡˈno.mɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cognome doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 cognome, spelled C-O-G-N-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1nome de família após o prenome
- 2redutivo, diminutivo ou aumentativo relacionado ao prenome
- 3acréscimo ao nome indicativo de qualidade
This word in other languages
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 “cognome”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-G-N-O-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.ɡˈno.mɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.