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

#38,688
“campion” frequency rank
#29,683
“campo” frequency rank
68371
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campion campo
Definition Champion. Place de Venise.

Where the eye mixes campion and campo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
campion
5 ch
campo

Look-alike desk: campion vs campo

A purely visual mix-up. campion (\kam.ˈpju\) and campo (\kɑ̃.po\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campion is recorded at frequency rank #38,688, classified as anoun, pronounced \kam.ˈpju\. campo is at rank #29,683, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.po\.

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 68371, this pair ranks #59,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of campion vs campo

Shared letters: acmop. Private to "campion": in. Private to "campo": -.

"campion" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campionacmpion · camipon · cammpion · campino · campionn · campoin · camppion · capmion
  • campoacmpo · cammpo · camop · camppo · capmo · ccampo · cmapo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "campion" and "campo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kam.ˈpju\ versus \kɑ̃.po\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "campion" or "campo"?
"campo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,683 in our French list, against #38,688 for "campion". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "campion" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "campo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,451 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campion" and "campo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campaign vs campion". 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 #59,451 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list