costeleta
/kuʃ.tɨ.ˈle.tɐ/
The verdict
“costeleta” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,691 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,691
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - costela de rês com carne
Corpus desk
Index PT-costeleta · costeleta · Portuguese
costeleta · rank #92,691 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,691
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Cousin
Nearest frequency peer: Cousin (+1 rank slots)
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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “costeleta”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- corroboração
corroboração
7,312 corpus weight
- costeleta
costeleta
7,310 corpus weight
- Cousin
Cousin
7,309 corpus weight
- crédulo
crédulo
7,305 corpus weight
- depurar
depurar
7,287 corpus weight
- despótico
despótico
7,273 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “costeleta” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | costeleta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kuʃ.tɨ.ˈle.tɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “costeleta” em português
Rare enough to double-check
costeleta is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,691 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kuʃ.tɨ.ˈle.tɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for costeleta, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is costeleta, spelled C-O-S-T-E-L-E-T-A.
Definition
- 1costela de rês com carne
- 2corte da barba que deixa com volume o pedaço de pelos à frente da orelha descendo até o queixo; suíças, patilha
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how costeleta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Houve época em que o pudim yorkshire era parte indispensável das festas de fim de ano, servido com uma enorme costeleta.
Christian Ribeiro (à esquerda) optou pela costeleta "Wolverine", enquanto Bruno Autran (à direita) adotou o estilo Johnny Depp.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).