coronel

//ku.ɾu.ˈnɛɫ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,268

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

coronel is aPortuguesenoun. It means: patente militar, no Brasil entre o tenente-coronel e o general (abreviação: cel.) Pronounced /ku.ɾu.ˈnɛɫ/. It ranks #2,268 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with cordel and córnea.

Key facts for coronel
PropertyValue
Headwordcoronel
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ku.ɾu.ˈnɛɫ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,268
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for coronel is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.ɾu.ˈnɛɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,268 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for coronel, with forms such as "ccoronel", "coornel", and "cornoel". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cordel", "córnea", 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 coronel, spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    patente militar, no Brasil entre o tenente-coronel e o general (abreviação: cel.)
  2. 2
    patriarca e chefe político da zona rural, principalmente em Minas Gerais e no Nordeste
  3. 3
    homem que gasta dinheiro no sustento de prostitutas

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoronel,coornel,cornoel,coroenl,coronell,coronle,coronnel,corronel,croonel,ocronel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coronel

Misspelling Variants of "coronel"

ccoronel8coornel7cornoel7coroenl7coronell8coronle7coronnel8corronel8
Misspelling Variants of "coronel"

Frequency rank: #2,268 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coronel"?
"coronel" is spelled C-O-R-O-N-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.ɾu.ˈnɛɫ/.
What does "coronel" mean?
As a noun, "coronel" means: patente militar, no Brasil entre o tenente-coronel e o general (abreviação: cel.)
What words are commonly confused with "coronel"?
"coronel" is commonly confused with "cordel", "córnea". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coronel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coronel" is /ku.ɾu.ˈnɛɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coronel" come from?
"coronel" 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.