Which to use
“cabo” is a noun and “caso” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,092
- “cabo” frequency rank
- #181
- “caso” frequency rank
- 1273
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabo | caso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | patente militar abaixo do sargento e acima do soldado | na hipótese de; se |
Letter map: cabo vs caso
Shared letters muted; letters that set cabo and caso apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cabo / caso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cabo is anoun and casoaconjunction. On the page they differ by a single letter - b in “cabo” becomes s in “caso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabo is recorded at frequency rank #1,092, classified as anoun. caso is at rank #181, tagged as aconj, pronounced /ˈka.zu/.
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 1273, this pair ranks #74,314 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cabo vs caso
Shared letters: aco. Private to "cabo": b. Private to "caso": s.
"cabo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "caso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabo" and "caso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cabo" vs "caso" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cabo" and "caso".
- Full dictionary entry for "cabo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,314 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabo" and "caso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabo vs ciao". 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 #74,314 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.