copa
/ˈkɔ.pɐ/
The verdict
“copa” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #596 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #596
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vaso fundo, de dimensões e formas variáveis, para bebidas; taça
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 | copa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɔ.pɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “copa” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for copa is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkɔ.pɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #596 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for copa, with forms such as "ccopa", "coap", and "coppa". 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, "cor", "CPI", "CPU", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is copa, spelled C-O-P-A.
Definition
- 1vaso fundo, de dimensões e formas variáveis, para bebidas; taça
- 2taça semelhante a um cálice litúrgico
- 3peça artística com essa forma ou outra análoga, de metal nobre e com inscrições alusivas, que se dá como prêmio ao vencedor de uma competição; taça
- 4(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) campeonato ou torneio em que se disputa uma copa ou taça
- 5vasilha grande para pisar uvas; dorna
- 6a parte superior da árvore, constituída pelos ramos (com ou sem folhas) que se distribuem geralmente em forma mais ou menos convexa, podendo também assumir diversas outras formas, como, por exemplo, piramidal, alongada, globosa etc.; copagem
- 7(Derivação: por analogia) a parte do chapéu, do boné etc. que cobre diretamente a cabeça
- 8dependência de uma habitação, geralmente próxima à cozinha, onde são guardados a louça, os talheres, a roupa de mesa e os gêneros alimentícios
- 9dependência de uma habitação, geralmente próxima à cozinha, onde são guardados a louça, os talheres, a roupa de mesa e os gêneros alimentícios
- 10a louça, a baixela, os copos etc. usado à mesa
- 11rama de linho que se põe de cada vez na roca, para ser fiada
- 12cada uma das peças de prata, circulares e côncavas, que rematam o freio do cavalo campeiro
- 13(Uso: linguagem de delinquentes) nota de quinhentos mil réis
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccopa,coap,coppa,cpoa,ocpa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of copa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “copa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-P-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɔ.pɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cor” - see the side-by-side comparison. copa vs cor
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.