coletânea
/ku.lɛ.ˈtɐ.njɐ/
The verdict
“coletânea” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,398 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,398
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - excertos seletos e reunidos de diversas obras
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coletânea |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.lɛ.ˈtɐ.njɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #12,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coletânea” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for coletânea is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.lɛ.ˈtɐ.njɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,398 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "excertos seletos e reunidos de diversas obras".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for coletânea, with forms such as "ccoletânea", "cloetânea", and "coeltânea". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is coletânea, spelled C-O-L-E-T-Â-N-E-A.
Definition
- 1excertos seletos e reunidos de diversas obras
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoletânea,cloetânea,coeltânea,coletnâea,colettânea,coletâena,coletânae,coletânnea,coleâtnea,colletânea,colteânea,ocletânea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coletânea - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “coletânea”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-L-E-T-Â-N-E-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.lɛ.ˈtɐ.njɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.