coleção

/ko.le.ˈsɐ͂w/

//ko.le.ˈsɐ͂w// noun

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The verdict

“coleção” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,085
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-colecao · coleção · Portuguese

coleção · rank #2,085 · 8 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,085
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cliente

Nearest frequency peer: cliente (-1 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 “coleção”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “coleção” 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).

coleção vs colega
57% similar
coleção vs cólera
43% similar
coleção vs cólica
29% similar

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

Key facts for coleção
PropertyValue
Headwordcoleção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ko.le.ˈsɐ͂w/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,085
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “coleção”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).coleçãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cliente” (#2,084), “cheiro” (#2,083), “condição” (#2,087). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “coleção” fica em #2,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around coleção (IPA /ko.le.ˈsɐ͂w/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,085 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for coleção, with forms such as "ccoleção", "cloeção", and "coelção". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "colega", "cólera", "cólica", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 coleção, spelled C-O-L-E-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    conjunto
  2. 2
    reunião de objetos
  3. 3
    compilação
  4. 4
    ajuntamento
  5. 5
    série
  6. 6
    grupo

This word in other languages

collection(English)colección(Español)collection(Français)Sammlung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoleção
  • cloeção
  • coelção
  • coleãço
  • coleçoã
  • colleção
  • colçeão
  • ocleção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coleção - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccoleção1cloeção2coelção2coleãço2coleçoã2colleção1colçeão2ocleção2
Edit distance from "coleção"

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 "coleção"?
"coleção" is spelled C-O-L-E-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ko.le.ˈsɐ͂w/.
What does "coleção" mean?
As a noun, "coleção" means: conjunto
What words are commonly confused with "coleção"?
"coleção" is commonly confused with "colega", "cólera", "cólica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coleção"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coleção" is /ko.le.ˈsɐ͂w/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coleção" come from?
"coleção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cliente#2,084recente#2,068perdido#2,061leitura#2,056

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

cheiro8 variantsseriam8 variantsminuto8 variantsRafael8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list