cotonete
/kɔtɔˈnɛt(ə)/
The verdict
“cotonete” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #43,833. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #43,833
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequena haste, normalmente de plástico ou bambu, envolta nas extremidades por algodão, usada normalmente para limpar os ouvidos ou superfícies de difícil acesso
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cotonete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɔtɔˈnɛt(ə)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #43,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cotonete” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around cotonete (IPA /kɔtɔˈnɛt(ə)/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #43,833 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "pequena haste, normalmente de plástico ou bambu, envolta nas extremidades por algodão, usada normalmente para limpar os ouvidos ou superfícies de difícil acesso".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cotonete, with forms such as "ccotonete", "cootnete", and "cotnoete". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is cotonete, spelled C-O-T-O-N-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1pequena haste, normalmente de plástico ou bambu, envolta nas extremidades por algodão, usada normalmente para limpar os ouvidos ou superfícies de difícil acesso
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccotonete
- cootnete
- cotnoete
- cotoente
- cotoneet
- cotonette
- cotonnete
- cotontee
- cottonete
- ctoonete
- octonete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cotonete - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “cotonete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-T-O-N-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɔtɔˈnɛt(ə)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.