cotovelo
/ku.tu.ˈve.lu/
The verdict
“cotovelo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,477. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,477
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ângulo saliente na articulação do braço com o antebraço
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cotovelo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.tu.ˈve.lu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,477 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cotovelo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around cotovelo (IPA /ku.tu.ˈve.lu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,477 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cotovelo, with forms such as "ccotovelo", "cootvelo", and "cotoevlo". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cotovelo, spelled C-O-T-O-V-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1ângulo saliente na articulação do braço com o antebraço
- 2pequeno pedaço de cano em formato de L e duas aberturas, usado para unir dois canos retos
- 3esquina
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccotovelo
- cootvelo
- cotoevlo
- cotovello
- cotoveol
- cotovleo
- cotovvelo
- cottovelo
- cotvoelo
- ctoovelo
- octovelo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cotovelo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “cotovelo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-T-O-V-E-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.tu.ˈve.lu/ (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.