colateral
The verdict
“colateral” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,016. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,016
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - consequências indiretas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colateral |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colateral” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around colateral, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,016 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "consequências indiretas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for colateral, with forms such as "ccolateral", "cloateral", and "coalteral". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is colateral, spelled C-O-L-A-T-E-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1consequências indiretas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolateral
- cloateral
- coalteral
- colaetral
- colatearl
- colaterall
- colaterla
- colaterral
- colatreal
- colatteral
- collateral
- coltaeral
- oclateral
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colateral - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “colateral”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-L-A-T-E-R-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.