coluna

//ku.ˈlu.nɐ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,766

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

coluna is aPortuguesenoun. It means: pilar cilíndrico em construções Pronounced /ku.ˈlu.nɐ/. It ranks #2,766 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with cona and comuna.

Key facts for coluna
PropertyValue
Headwordcoluna
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ku.ˈlu.nɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,766
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for coluna is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.ˈlu.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,766 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for coluna, with forms such as "ccoluna", "clouna", and "colluna". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cona", "comuna", "coruja", 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 coluna, spelled C-O-L-U-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pilar cilíndrico em construções
  2. 2
    conjunto de ossos que formam a base de sustentação do corpo
  3. 3
    cada um dos grupos de texto numa página
  4. 4
    grupo de pessoas ou animais dispostos ordenadamente
  5. 5
    uma das menores unidades de um exército
  6. 6
    caixa de som; alto-falante

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoluna,clouna,colluna,colnua,coluan,colunna,coulna,ocluna

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coluna

Misspelling Variants of "coluna"

ccoluna7clouna6colluna7colnua6coluan6colunna7coulna6ocluna6
Misspelling Variants of "coluna"

Frequency rank: #2,766 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coluna"?
"coluna" is spelled C-O-L-U-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.ˈlu.nɐ/.
What does "coluna" mean?
As a noun, "coluna" means: pilar cilíndrico em construções
What words are commonly confused with "coluna"?
"coluna" is commonly confused with "cona", "comuna", "coruja". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coluna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coluna" is /ku.ˈlu.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coluna" come from?
"coluna" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.