coração

noun

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The verdict

“coração” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#489
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - órgão muscular que bombeia o sangue de certos animais

Corpus desk

Index PT-coracao · coração · Portuguese

coração · rank #489 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #489
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH campo

Nearest frequency peer: campo (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “coração”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “coração” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

coração vs cordão
71% similar
coração vs criação
71% similar
coração vs cotação
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for coração
PropertyValue
Headwordcoração
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#489
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “coração”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.coraçãocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “campo” (#488), “cultura” (#490), “acesso” (#486). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “coração” fica em #489. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around coração, anoun. Corpus frequency is #489 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for coração, with forms such as "ccoração", "coarção", and "coraãço". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cordão", "criação", "cotação", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is coração, spelled C-O-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    órgão muscular que bombeia o sangue de certos animais
  2. 2
    o âmago, o centro
  3. 3
    caráter
  4. 4
    amor
  5. 5
    copas (naipe vermelho do baralho em desenho de coração)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coração appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais de cem casos agudos da doença, que pode afetar o coração e matar, foram registrados, a maioria no Pará, pelo consumo de açaí.
  2. É como se eu conseguisse entrar no coração dessas máquinas.

Synonyms

coraçãozinhocoraçãozito

This word in other languages

heart(English)corazón(Español)cœur(Français)Herz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoração
  • coarção
  • coraãço
  • coraçoã
  • corração
  • corçaão
  • croação
  • ocração

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coração - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccoração1coarção2coraãço2coraçoã2corração1corçaão2croação2ocração2
Edit distance from "coração"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coração"?
"coração" is spelled C-O-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "coração" mean?
As a noun, "coração" means: órgão muscular que bombeia o sangue de certos animais
What words are commonly confused with "coração"?
"coração" is commonly confused with "cordão", "criação", "cotação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "coração" come from?
"coração" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coração", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cultura#490certeza#500começar#501consigo#502

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

evento8 variantschegou8 variantsúltimo8 variantsagosto8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list