cólica
/ˈkɔ.li.kɐ/
The verdict
“cólica” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,652
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dor intensa na cavidade abdominal
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 | 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
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around cólica (IPA /ˈkɔ.li.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,652 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cópia", "Comic", "conca", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cólica, spelled C-Ó-L-I-C-A.
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 - 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.
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 “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
Same frequency band
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.