cone

//ˈkɔ.nɨ// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,025

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cone is aPortuguesenoun. It means: fruto produzido pela conífera Pronounced /ˈkɔ.nɨ/. Often confused with cor and cos.

Key facts for cone
PropertyValue
Headwordcone
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkɔ.nɨ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#12,025
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cone is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɔ.nɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,025 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for cone, with forms such as "ccone", "cnoe", and "coen". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cor", "cos", "copa", 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 cone, spelled C-O-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fruto produzido pela conífera
  2. 2
    fruto das árvores que pertencem a ordem das coníferas
  3. 3
    sólido cujo uma das extremidades é circular e sua espessura reduz uniformemente até a outra extremidade
  4. 4
    superfície de revolução formada através de uma reta ao redor de outra concorrente à primeira
  5. 5
    objeto normalmente composto de plástico, com forma semelhante a de um cone (3), usado como referencial, especialmente no trânsito
  6. 6
    extremidade aguda de um dente
  7. 7
    peça de máquina com base mais espessa que a ponta
  8. 8
    célula da retina responsável pela distinção de cores
  9. 9
    molusco gastrópode da família Conidae

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccone,cnoe,coen,conne,ocne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cone

Misspelling Variants of "cone"

ccone5cnoe4coen4conne5ocne4
Misspelling Variants of "cone"

Frequency rank: #12,025 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cone"?
"cone" is spelled C-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkɔ.nɨ/.
What does "cone" mean?
As a noun, "cone" means: fruto produzido pela conífera
What words are commonly confused with "cone"?
"cone" is commonly confused with "cor", "cos", "copa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cone" is /ˈkɔ.nɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cone" come from?
"cone" 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.