costear
/kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ/
The verdict
“costear” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rodear
Corpus desk
Index PT-costear · costear · Portuguese
costear · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | costear |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “costear” em português
Rare enough to double-check
costear is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /kuʃ.ˈtjaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for costear, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is costear, spelled C-O-S-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1rodear
- 2seguir de perto
- 3navegar junto à costa de
- 4arrebanhar (o gado), ou habituá-lo a reunir-se em certos pontos da fazenda
- 5prender (o gado) em curral por determinado período
- 6navegar junto à costa
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.