cólica
The verdict
“cólica” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #34,652 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,652
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: dor intensa na cavidade abdominal
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cólica |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔ.li.kɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cólica” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cólica is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɔ.li.kɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,652 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "dor intensa na cavidade abdominal".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cólica, with forms such as "ccólica", "clóica", and "cóilca". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cópia", "Comic", "conca", 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 cólica, spelled C-Ó-L-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1dor intensa na cavidade abdominal
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccólica,clóica,cóilca,cólcia,cóliac,cólicca,cóllica,óclica
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cólica — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "cólica"
Frequency rank: #34,652 in Portuguese
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Using “cólica”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-Ó-L-I-C-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɔ.li.kɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cópia” — see the side-by-side comparison. cólica vs cópia
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index: