cordão
/kuɾ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“cordão” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,038 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,038
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - corda fina e flexível
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 | cordão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kuɾ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cordão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cordão is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kuɾ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,038 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cordão, with forms such as "ccordão", "codrão", and "corddão". 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, "coro", "corpo", "coroa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cordão, spelled C-O-R-D-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1corda fina e flexível
- 2qualquer órgão filamentoso
- 3corrente usada como adorno pendente do pescoço
- 4sucessão de pessoas ou coisas, formando uma linha ou fila ininterrupta; fileira
- 5sucessão de elevações de terreno; corda, cordilheira
- 6grupo de foliões carnavalescos
- 7o mesmo que marcador (tira ou fita)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccordão,codrão,corddão,cordoã,corrdão,corãdo,crodão,ocrdão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cordão - 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.
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 “cordão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-R-D-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kuɾ.ˈdɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “coro” - see the side-by-side comparison. cordão vs coro
- 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.