colete
/ku.ˈle.tɨ/
The verdict
“colete” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,469 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,469
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - peça de vestuário sem mangas que se veste por cima da camisa
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.ˈle.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,469 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colete” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for colete is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.ˈle.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,469 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for colete, with forms such as "ccolete", "cloete", and "coelte". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "comité", "cometa", "coreto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is colete, spelled C-O-L-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1peça de vestuário sem mangas que se veste por cima da camisa
- 2peça que se veste por baixo das roupas para se proteger de balas
- 3espartilho de senhora
- 4grade que cinge árvores ou arbusto
- 5tamanduá-mirim
- 6parte da culatra de um canhão ou morteiro
- 7aparelho usado no corpo de quem sofreu desvio de coluna
- 8o colete salva-vidas
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccolete,cloete,coelte,coleet,colette,collete,coltee,oclete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colete - 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 “colete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-L-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.ˈle.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “comité” - see the side-by-side comparison. colete vs comité
- 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.