comité

//ku.mi.ˈtɛ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,738

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

comité is aPortuguesenoun. It means: reunião de membros escolhidos numa assembleia Pronounced /ku.mi.ˈtɛ/. It ranks #8,738 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with comme and convite.

Key facts for comité
PropertyValue
Headwordcomité
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ku.mi.ˈtɛ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,738
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for comité is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.mi.ˈtɛ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,738 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 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 comité, with forms such as "ccomité", "cmoité", and "coimté". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "comme", "convite", "cite", 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 comité, spelled C-O-M-I-T-É, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    reunião de membros escolhidos numa assembleia
  2. 2
    comissão incumbida de prestar serviços específicos
  3. 3
    junta governativa

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccomité,cmoité,coimté,comitté,comiét,commité,comtié,ocmité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for comité

Misspelling Variants of "comité"

ccomité7cmoité6coimté6comitté7comiét6commité7comtié6ocmité6
Misspelling Variants of "comité"

Frequency rank: #8,738 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "comité"?
"comité" is spelled C-O-M-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.mi.ˈtɛ/.
What does "comité" mean?
As a noun, "comité" means: reunião de membros escolhidos numa assembleia
What words are commonly confused with "comité"?
"comité" is commonly confused with "comme", "convite", "cite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "comité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "comité" is /ku.mi.ˈtɛ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "comité" come from?
"comité" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.