ko
/ˈko/
The verdict
“ko” sits in 12 confusable pairs (corpus #14,398) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #14,398
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome dos kana こ e コ
Corpus desk
Index PT-ko · ko · Portuguese
ko · rank #14,398 · 0 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,398
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH Kosovo
Nearest frequency peer: Kosovo (+1 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ko”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- insignifica…
insignificante
85,608 corpus weight
- iogurte
iogurte
85,606 corpus weight
- ko
ko
85,603 corpus weight
- Kosovo
Kosovo
85,602 corpus weight
- lareira
lareira
85,601 corpus weight
- manejo
manejo
85,598 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ko” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | ko |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈko/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #14,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ko”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ko is neighbouring look-alikes ("K", "ki", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈko/. Frequency #14,398 among 95 “K” headwords. Gloss: "nome dos kana こ e コ".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ko, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "K", "ki", "ka", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ko, spelled K-O.
Definition
- 1nome dos kana こ e コ
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.