camposvscapsTell them apart

Which to use

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

#35,414
“campos” frequency rank
#23,128
“caps” frequency rank
58542
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campos caps
Definition Congé accordé autrefois aux écoliers. Capture d’écran de télévision représentant des jolies filles.

Where the eye mixes campos and caps

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

6 ch
campos
4 ch
caps

Look-alike desk: campos vs caps

A purely visual mix-up. campos (\kɑ̃.po\) and caps (\kap\) 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 58542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campos is recorded at frequency rank #35,414, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɑ̃.po\. caps is at rank #23,128, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kap\.

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 58542, this pair ranks #108,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of campos vs caps

Shared letters: acps. Private to "campos": mo. Private to "caps": -.

"campos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "caps" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • camposacmpos · cammpos · camops · camposs · camppos · campso · capmos · ccampos
  • capsacps · capps · capss · casp · ccaps

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "campos" and "caps" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\kɑ̃.po\ versus \kap\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "campos" or "caps"?
"caps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,128 in our French list, against #35,414 for "campos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "campos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "caps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,467 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campos" and "caps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campos vs compos". 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 #108,467 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