coisa

/[ˈkojzɐ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#105

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

coisa is aPortuguesenoun. It means: qualquer objeto inanimado; em sentido filosófico, coisa é tudo aquilo subsistente por si mesmo; a filosofia kantiana afirma ser uma coisa aquilo que existe independentemente do espírito; no sentido... Pronounced [ˈkojzɐ]. It ranks #105 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with CSA and cos.

Key facts for coisa
PropertyValue
Headwordcoisa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkojzɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#105
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for coisa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkojzɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #105 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for coisa, with forms such as "ccoisa", "ciosa", and "coias". 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, "CSA", "cos", "copa", 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 coisa, spelled C-O-I-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualquer objeto inanimado; em sentido filosófico, coisa é tudo aquilo subsistente por si mesmo; a filosofia kantiana afirma ser uma coisa aquilo que existe independentemente do espírito; no sentido usual, como para o Direito, coisa é tudo aquilo que, percebido pelos sentidos, pode apresentar utilidade para o homem, caso em que se chama bem material
  2. 2
    o que existe ou pode existir
  3. 3
    algo que não se sabe, não se quer, não se faz questão de, ou não se lembra como nomear pelo nome dedicado
  4. 4
    situação

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoisa,ciosa,coias,coissa,cosia,ocisa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coisa

Misspelling Variants of "coisa"

ccoisa6ciosa5coias5coissa6cosia5ocisa5
Misspelling Variants of "coisa"

Frequency rank: #105 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coisa"?
"coisa" is spelled C-O-I-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkojzɐ].
What does "coisa" mean?
As a noun, "coisa" means: qualquer objeto inanimado; em sentido filosófico, coisa é tudo aquilo subsistente por si mesmo; a filosofia kantiana afirma ser uma coisa aquilo que existe independentemente do espírito; no sentido...
What words are commonly confused with "coisa"?
"coisa" is commonly confused with "CSA", "cos", "copa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coisa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coisa" is [ˈkojzɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coisa" come from?
"coisa" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.