costura

/kuʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/

//kuʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ// noun

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The verdict

“costura” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,842. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,842
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de coser

Corpus desk

Index PT-costura · costura · Portuguese

costura · rank #11,842 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,842
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cruzado

Nearest frequency peer: cruzado (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “costura”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “costura” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

costura vs cultura
71% similar
costura vs costa
71% similar
costura vs contra
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for costura
PropertyValue
Headwordcostura
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kuʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,842
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “costura”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.costuracai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cruzado” (#11,843), “contactar” (#11,837), “consultoria” (#11,836). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “costura” fica em #11,842. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around costura (IPA /kuʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,842 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for costura, with forms such as "ccostura", "cosstura", and "costrua". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "cultura", "costa", "contra", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is costura, spelled C-O-S-T-U-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de coser
  2. 2
    peça utilizada na escalada, dotada de dois mosquetões intermediados por uma fita; uma das pontas é colocada em um ponto fixo na rocha e a outra é por onde a corda passa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccostura
  • cosstura
  • costrua
  • costtura
  • costuar
  • costurra
  • cosutra
  • cotsura
  • csotura
  • ocstura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of costura - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccostura1cosstura1costrua2costtura1costuar2costurra1cosutra2cotsura2
Edit distance from "costura"

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 "costura"?
"costura" is spelled C-O-S-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kuʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.
What does "costura" mean?
As a noun, "costura" means: ato ou efeito de coser
What words are commonly confused with "costura"?
"costura" is commonly confused with "cultura", "costa", "contra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "costura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "costura" is /kuʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "costura" come from?
"costura" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "costura", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cruzado#11,843descida#11,848colchão#11,832cenoura#11,825

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

detecção10 variantsimortal10 variantsabsorção10 variantsMichele10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list