cotovia
/ku.tu.ˈvi.ɐ/
The verdict
“cotovia” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #57,230 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,230
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequena ave campestre cinzenta que canta de madrugada e é uma espécie de calhandra
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cotovia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ku.tu.ˈvi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cotovia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cotovia is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.tu.ˈvi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #57,230 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pequena ave campestre cinzenta que canta de madrugada e é uma espécie de calhandra".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cotovia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cotovia, spelled C-O-T-O-V-I-A.
Definition
- 1pequena ave campestre cinzenta que canta de madrugada e é uma espécie de calhandra
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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Using “cotovia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-T-O-V-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.tu.ˈvi.ɐ/ (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
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.