# cordel

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /kuɾ.ˈdɛɫ/ · frequency rank #19,668

## Definitions
1. corda bastante fina e flexível; barbante, cordão, guita
2. meada de fio que os pedreiros usam esticada, entre dois pregos, para marcar o alinhamento ou nivelamento de algo, servindo de guia no assentamento de tijolos, para se tirar mestras etc; linha
3. fio flexível com que o pedreiro suspende o pião do prumo (Datação: 1720)
4. folheto com poemas populares, com rimas, vendido pendurado em corda

## Easily confused with
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-core)
- **cores** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-cores)
- **cruel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-cruel)
- **correr** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-correr)
- **cortês** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-cortes)
- **córnea** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-cornea)
- **coronel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-coronel)
- **cordial** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordel-vs-cordial)
- **corda** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/corda-vs-cordel)
- **conde** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/conde-vs-cordel)
- **coral** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/coral-vs-cordel)
- **codex** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/codex-vs-cordel)
- **cartel** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cartel-vs-cordel)
- **cordão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cordao-vs-cordel)
- **cardeal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cardeal-vs-cordel)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccordel`, `codrel`, `corddel`, `cordell`, `cordle`, `coredl`, `corrdel`, `crodel`, `ocrdel`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/cordel