costado

noun

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The verdict

“costado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,837 among 3,948 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,837
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dorso do corpo humano; costas, espinhaço

Key facts for costado
PropertyValue
Headwordcostado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,837
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “costado” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). costado lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

costado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,837 among 3,948 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for costado in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is costado, spelled C-O-S-T-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    dorso do corpo humano; costas, espinhaço
  2. 2
    parte externa do casco do navio
  3. 3
    flanco ou lado da fuselagem
  4. 4
    cada um dos quatro avós de um indivíduo
  5. 5
    encosta
  6. 6
    peso que cabe na consciência de cada um; responsabilidade
  7. 7
    parede de um tanque

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 "costado"?
"costado" is spelled C-O-S-T-A-D-O.
What does "costado" mean?
As a noun, "costado" means: dorso do corpo humano; costas, espinhaço
What language does "costado" come from?
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Using “costado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-S-T-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list