colher

noun

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The verdict

“colher” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,516. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,516
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - utensílio formado por um cabo e uma parte côncava ou concha

Corpus desk

Index PT-colher · colher · Portuguese

colher · rank #6,516 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,516
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cocaína

Nearest frequency peer: cocaína (-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 “colher”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “colher” 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).

colher vs comer
67% similar
colher vs color
67% similar
colher vs cozer
67% similar

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

Key facts for colher
PropertyValue
Headwordcolher
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,516
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “colher”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).colhercai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cocaína” (#6,515), “complexidade” (#6,517), “chapéu” (#6,513). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “colher” fica em #6,516. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around colher, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,516 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for colher, with forms such as "ccolher", "cloher", and "cohler". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "comer", "color", "cozer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is colher, spelled C-O-L-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    utensílio formado por um cabo e uma parte côncava ou concha
  2. 2
    quantidade de alimento ou tempero que cabe numa colher¹

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how colher appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Lavei todos os talheres: colheres, garfos e facas.
  2. Esta receita pede uma colher de chá de cominho.

This word in other languages

spoon(English)cuchara(Español)cuillère(Français)Löffel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolher
  • cloher
  • cohler
  • colehr
  • colherr
  • colhher
  • colhre
  • collher
  • oclher

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colher - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccolher1cloher2cohler2colehr2colherr1colhher1colhre2collher1
Edit distance from "colher"

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 "colher"?
"colher" is spelled C-O-L-H-E-R.
What does "colher" mean?
As a noun, "colher" means: utensílio formado por um cabo e uma parte côncava ou concha
What words are commonly confused with "colher"?
"colher" is commonly confused with "comer", "color", "cozer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "colher" come from?
"colher" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chapéu#6,513casaco#6,510editar#6,534Xavier#6,492

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

cocaína9 variantsdefeito9 variantsguarani9 variantsrefeição9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list