coiso

noun

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The verdict

“coiso” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,884. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,884
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - uma pessoa qualquer

Corpus desk

Index PT-coiso · coiso · Portuguese

coiso · rank #30,884 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,884
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cheiroso

Nearest frequency peer: cheiroso (-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 “coiso”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “coiso” 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).

coiso vs cos
60% similar
coiso vs como
60% similar
coiso vs copo
60% similar

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

Key facts for coiso
PropertyValue
Headwordcoiso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#30,884
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “coiso”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cheiroso” (#30,882), “cona” (#30,891), “catarse” (#30,874). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “coiso” fica em #30,884. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around coiso, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,884 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for coiso, with forms such as "ccoiso", "cioso", and "coios". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cos", "como", "copo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is coiso, spelled C-O-I-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    uma pessoa qualquer
  2. 2
    fulano
  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
    órgão sexual masculino

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coiso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. uma estátua na praça
  2. O divisa fala, tem um coiso na mão, mas não sei o que é

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoiso
  • cioso
  • coios
  • coisso
  • cosio
  • ociso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccoiso1cioso2coios2coisso1cosio2ociso2
Edit distance from "coiso"

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 "coiso"?
"coiso" is spelled C-O-I-S-O.
What does "coiso" mean?
As a noun, "coiso" means: uma pessoa qualquer
What words are commonly confused with "coiso"?
"coiso" is commonly confused with "cos", "como", "copo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "coiso" come from?
"coiso" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

apart#30,820vulto#30,780vogel#30,778hiena#30,994

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

carrão6 variantspeck6 variantsávido6 variantsfeijó6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list