Which to use
“campos” and “cargos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,414
- “campos” frequency rank
- #34,920
- “cargos” frequency rank
- 70334
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | campos | cargos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Congé accordé autrefois aux écoliers. | Pluriel de cargo. |
Where the eye mixes campos and cargos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. campos and cargos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: campos vs cargos
A purely visual mix-up. campos (\kɑ̃.po\) and cargos (\kaʁ.ɡo\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70334, 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\. cargos is at rank #34,920, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kaʁ.ɡo\.
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 70334, this pair ranks #51,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of campos vs cargos
Shared letters: acos. Private to "campos": mp. Private to "cargos": gr.
"campos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cargos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "campos" and "cargos" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "campos" or "cargos"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "campos" and "cargos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "campos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cargos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,699 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "campos" and "cargos" 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 #51,699 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.