colo
/ˈkɔ.lu/
The verdict
“colo” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,176) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5,176
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pescoço
Corpus desk
Index PT-colo · colo · Portuguese
colo · rank #5,176 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,176
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cobrar
Nearest frequency peer: cobrar (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “colo”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- cobrar
cobrar
94,826 corpus weight
- colo
colo
94,825 corpus weight
- corda
corda
94,823 corpus weight
- Davi
Davi
94,819 corpus weight
- deitar
deitar
94,818 corpus weight
- diária
diária
94,816 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “colo” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | colo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔ.lu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #5,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “colo”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for colo is neighbouring look-alikes ("com", "cor", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈkɔ.lu/. Frequency #5,176 among 2,140 “C” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for colo, with forms such as "ccolo", "cloo", and "collo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "com", "cor", "cos", 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is colo, spelled C-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1pescoço
- 2regaço
- 3cólon
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccolo
- cloo
- collo
- oclo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).