Which to use
“cólera” and “colmeia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,025
- “cólera” frequency rank
- #23,608
- “colmeia” frequency rank
- 39633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cólera | colmeia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | indignação | cortiço ou outra instalação de abelhas |
Where the eye mixes cólera and colmeia
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cólera runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against colmeia's 7 (CVCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cólera with colmeia
A purely visual mix-up. cólera (/ˈkɔ.lɨ.ɾɐ/) and colmeia (/koɫ.ˈmɐj.ɐ/) 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 39633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cólera is recorded at frequency rank #16,025, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔ.lɨ.ɾɐ/. colmeia is at rank #23,608, tagged as anoun, pronounced /koɫ.ˈmɐj.ɐ/.
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 39633, this pair ranks #26,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cólera vs colmeia
Shared letters: acel. Private to "cólera": ró. Private to "colmeia": imo.
"cólera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "colmeia" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- colmeia ← ccolmeia · clomeia · colemia · collmeia · colmeai · colmiea · colmmeia · comleia
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cólera" and "colmeia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cólera" vs "colmeia" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cólera" and "colmeia" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cólera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colmeia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cólera" and "colmeia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colcha vs cólera". 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 #26,585 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.