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“campo” and “capo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#560
“campo” frequency rank
#11,730
“capo” frequency rank
12290
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campo capo
Definition Región rural. Jefe de una banda mafiosa.

Where the eye mixes campo and capo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
campo
4 ch
capo

Why the eye confuses campo with capo

A purely visual mix-up. campo ([ˈkãmpo]) and capo ([ˈkapo]) 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 12290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campo is recorded at frequency rank #560, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkãmpo]. capo is at rank #11,730, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkapo].

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 12290, this pair ranks #292,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of campo vs capo

Shared letters: acop. Private to "campo": m. Private to "capo": -.

"campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "capo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campoacmpo · cammpo · camop · camppo · capmo · ccampo · cmapo
  • capoacpo · caop · cappo · ccapo · cpao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "campo" and "capo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkãmpo] versus [ˈkapo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "campo" or "capo" show up more?
"campo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #560 in our Spanish list, against #11,730 for "capo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "campo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "capo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #292,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campo" and "capo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capo vs Charo". 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 #292,046 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list