coité

/koj.ˈtɛ/

//koj.ˈtɛ// noun

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The verdict

“coité” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,047 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,047
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cuieira

Corpus desk

Index PT-coite · coité · Portuguese

coité · rank #62,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,047
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH compostagem

Nearest frequency peer: compostagem (+5 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “coité”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “coité” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for coité
PropertyValue
Headwordcoité
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/koj.ˈtɛ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#62,047
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “coité” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).coitécai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “compostagem” (#62,052), “consecução” (#62,056), “chavo” (#62,034). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “coité” fica em #62,047. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coité is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,047 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /koj.ˈtɛ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for coité in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is coité, spelled C-O-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    cuieira
  2. 2
    cuia
  3. 3
    coco seco cortado transversalmente, como uma cuia
  4. 4
    cuia feita de coco cortada ao meio muito usada como prato em certas regiões
  5. 5
    abreviação do município de Conceição do Coité - Bahia - Brasil

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 "coité"?
"coité" is spelled C-O-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is /koj.ˈtɛ/.
What does "coité" mean?
As a noun, "coité" means: cuieira
How do you pronounce "coité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coité" is /koj.ˈtɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coité" come from?
"coité" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

chavo#62,034cardo#62,020canga#62,016dildo#62,116

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list