coletivo

//ko.le.ˈʧi.vu// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,541

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

coletivo is anPortugueseadj. It means: que abrange várias coisas ou pessoas Pronounced /ko.le.ˈʧi.vu/. It ranks #3,541 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with colégio and coletiva.

Key facts for coletivo
PropertyValue
Headwordcoletivo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ko.le.ˈʧi.vu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,541
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for coletivo is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ko.le.ˈʧi.vu/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,541 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for coletivo, with forms such as "ccoletivo", "cloetivo", and "coeltivo". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "colégio", "coletiva", 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 coletivo, spelled C-O-L-E-T-I-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que abrange várias coisas ou pessoas
  2. 2
    que pertence a vários
  3. 3
    diz-se de um substantivo que, no singular, exprime a ideia de muitas pessoas, animais ou coisas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoletivo,cloetivo,coeltivo,coleitvo,coletiov,coletivvo,colettivo,coletvio,colletivo,colteivo,ocletivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coletivo

Misspelling Variants of "coletivo"

ccoletivo9cloetivo8coeltivo8coleitvo8coletiov8coletivvo9colettivo9coletvio8
Misspelling Variants of "coletivo"

Frequency rank: #3,541 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coletivo"?
"coletivo" is spelled C-O-L-E-T-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ko.le.ˈʧi.vu/.
What does "coletivo" mean?
As an adj, "coletivo" means: que abrange várias coisas ou pessoas
What words are commonly confused with "coletivo"?
"coletivo" is commonly confused with "colégio", "coletiva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coletivo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coletivo" is /ko.le.ˈʧi.vu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coletivo" come from?
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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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.