covado

adj

The verdict

“covado” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem concavidade, que é covo

Corpus desk

Index PT-covado · covado · Portuguese

covado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for covado
PropertyValue
Headwordcovado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “covado” em português

covadofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

covado is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que tem concavidade, que é covo".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for covado, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is covado, spelled C-O-V-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem concavidade, que é covo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how covado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dá-me o prato covado."

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "covado"?
"covado" is spelled C-O-V-A-D-O.
What does "covado" mean?
As an adjective, "covado" means: que tem concavidade, que é covo
What language does "covado" come from?
"covado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list