cachovscapôTell them apart

Which to use

“cacho” and “capô” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,472
“cacho” frequency rank
#31,676
“capô” frequency rank
67148
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cacho capô
Definition conjunto de flores ou frutos que têm um eixo comum cobertura que protege o motor de um veículo

Where the eye mixes cacho and capô

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
cacho
4 ch
capô

Visual trap between cacho and capô

A purely visual mix-up. cacho (/ˈka.ʃu/) and capô (/ka.ˈpo/) 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 67148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cacho is recorded at frequency rank #35,472, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.ʃu/. capô is at rank #31,676, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈpo/.

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 67148, this pair ranks #4,741 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cacho vs capô

Shared letters: ac. Private to "cacho": ho. Private to "capô": .

"cacho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "capô" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cachocaccho · cachho · cacoh · cahco · ccacho · ccaho

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cacho" and "capô" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈka.ʃu/ versus /ka.ˈpo/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cacho" or "capô"?
"capô" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,676 in our Portuguese list, against #35,472 for "cacho". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "cacho" and "capô" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cacho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "capô" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,741 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cacho" and "capô" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capô 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 #4,741 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list