covarde
/ku.ˈvaɾ.dɨ/
The verdict
“covarde” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,167 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #9,167
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o mesmo que cobarde
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | covarde |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ku.ˈvaɾ.dɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “covarde” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for covarde is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ku.ˈvaɾ.dɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,167 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "o mesmo que cobarde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for covarde, with forms such as "ccovarde", "coavrde", and "covadre". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "covardia", "cobarde", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is covarde, spelled C-O-V-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que cobarde
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccovarde,coavrde,covadre,covardde,covared,covarrde,covrade,covvarde,cvoarde,ocvarde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of covarde - 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 “covarde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-V-A-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ku.ˈvaɾ.dɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “covardia” - see the side-by-side comparison. covarde vs covardia
- 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.