colete

//ku.ˈle.tɨ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,469

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

colete is aPortuguesenoun. It means: peça de vestuário sem mangas que se veste por cima da camisa Pronounced /ku.ˈle.tɨ/. Often confused with comité and cometa.

Key facts for colete
PropertyValue
Headwordcolete
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ku.ˈle.tɨ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,469
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of colete in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for colete is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for colete, with forms such as "ccolete", "cloete", and "coelte". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "comité", "cometa", "coreto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is colete, spelled C-O-L-E-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça de vestuário sem mangas que se veste por cima da camisa
  2. 2
    peça que se veste por baixo das roupas para se proteger de balas
  3. 3
    espartilho de senhora
  4. 4
    grade que cinge árvores ou arbusto
  5. 5
    tamanduá-mirim
  6. 6
    parte da culatra de um canhão ou morteiro
  7. 7
    aparelho usado no corpo de quem sofreu desvio de coluna
  8. 8
    o 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for colete

Misspelling Variants of "colete"

ccolete7cloete6coelte6coleet6colette7collete7coltee6oclete6
Misspelling Variants of "colete"

Frequency rank: #13,469 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colete"?
"colete" is spelled C-O-L-E-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.ˈle.tɨ/.
What does "colete" mean?
As a noun, "colete" means: peça de vestuário sem mangas que se veste por cima da camisa
What words are commonly confused with "colete"?
"colete" is commonly confused with "comité", "cometa", "coreto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colete"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colete" is /ku.ˈle.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colete" come from?
"colete" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.