Which to use
“coceira” and “cólera” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,565
- “coceira” frequency rank
- #16,025
- “cólera” frequency rank
- 40590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coceira | cólera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | comichão, pruído, prurito | indignação |
Where the eye mixes coceira and cólera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: coceira vs cólera
A purely visual mix-up. coceira (/ku.ˈsɐj.ɾɐ/) and cólera (/ˈkɔ.lɨ.ɾɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coceira is recorded at frequency rank #24,565, classified as anoun, pronounced /ku.ˈsɐj.ɾɐ/. cólera is at rank #16,025, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔ.lɨ.ɾɐ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40590, this pair ranks #25,483 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of coceira vs cólera
Shared letters: acer. Private to "coceira": io. Private to "cólera": ló.
"coceira" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "cólera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- coceira ← ccoceira · ccoeira · cocceira · coceiar · coceirra · coceria · cociera · coecira
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "coceira" for "cólera" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "coceira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cólera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,483 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coceira" and "cólera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coceira vs coveiro". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #25,483 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.