# costela

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /kuʃ.ˈtɛ.lɐ/ · frequency rank #16,721

## Definitions
1. ossos longos e achatados que ligam a coluna dorsal ao esterno, formando a caixa torácica
2. armadilha para caçar pássaros

## Easily confused with
- **costura** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/costela-vs-costura)
- **costa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/costa-vs-costela)
- **castelo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castelo-vs-costela)
- **cautela** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cautela-vs-costela)
- **castelão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/castelao-vs-costela)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccostela`, `cosetla`, `cosstela`, `costeal`, `costella`, `costlea`, `costtela`, `cotsela`, `csotela`, `ocstela`

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