coveiro
Letters
7 characters
Frequency Rank
#39,544
in Portuguese word usage
Misspellings
9
tracked variants
Confusables
10
similar word pairs
coveiro is aPortuguesenoun. It means: indivíduo que abre as covas no cemitério e dá sepultura aos cadáveres Pronounced /ko.ˈvej.ɾʊ/. Often confused with cheiro and caseiro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coveiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ko.ˈvej.ɾʊ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for coveiro is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ko.ˈvej.ɾʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,544 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for coveiro, with forms such as "ccoveiro", "coeviro", and "coveior". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cheiro", "caseiro", "celeiro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is coveiro, spelled C-O-V-E-I-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1indivíduo que abre as covas no cemitério e dá sepultura aos cadáveres
- 2aquele que contribui para o fim de uma instituição, projeto, etc
- 3cabana onde os cabritos ficam retidos enquanto se ordenham suas mães
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoveiro,coeviro,coveior,coveirro,coverio,coviero,covveiro,cvoeiro,ocveiro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coveiro
Misspelling Variants of "coveiro"
Frequency rank: #39,544 in Portuguese
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