couraça

/kow.ˈɾa.sɐ/

//kow.ˈɾa.sɐ// noun

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The verdict

“couraça” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,318 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,318
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - armadura para as costas e o peito

Corpus desk

Index PT-couraca · couraça · Portuguese

couraça · rank #54,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,318
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH crina

Nearest frequency peer: crina (+4 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 “couraça”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “couraça” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for couraça
PropertyValue
Headwordcouraça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kow.ˈɾa.sɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#54,318
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “couraça” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.couraçacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “crina” (#54,322), “deer” (#54,329), “colonoscopia” (#54,303). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “couraça” fica em #54,318. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

couraça is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,318 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kow.ˈɾa.sɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for couraça, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is couraça, spelled C-O-U-R-A-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    armadura para as costas e o peito
  2. 2
    invólucro protetor de certos animais
  3. 3
    revestimento de aço com que se protegem os navios encouraçados contra a artilharia; blindagem
  4. 4
    o que serve de amparo ou resguardo contra a maledicência e má sorte

Synonyms

coiraçaarmadura

This word in other languages

cuirass(English)coraza(Español)cuirasse(Français)Kürass(Deutsch)

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 "couraça"?
"couraça" is spelled C-O-U-R-A-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kow.ˈɾa.sɐ/.
What does "couraça" mean?
As a noun, "couraça" means: armadura para as costas e o peito
How do you pronounce "couraça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couraça" is /kow.ˈɾa.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couraça" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

chopper#54,299element#54,376espasmo#54,399uterino#54,170

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list