Which to use
“café” and “cofre” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #931
- “café” frequency rank
- #13,689
- “cofre” frequency rank
- 14620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | café | cofre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fruto gerado pelo cafeeiro | local onde se guardam dinheiro e objetos de valor |
Where the eye mixes café and cofre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: café vs cofre
A purely visual mix-up. café (/kɐ.ˈfɛ/) and cofre (/ˈkɔ.fɾɨ/) 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 14620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
café is recorded at frequency rank #931, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈfɛ/. cofre is at rank #13,689, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔ.fɾɨ/.
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 14620, this pair ranks #57,406 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of café vs cofre
Shared letters: cf. Private to "café": aé. Private to "cofre": eor.
"café" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cofre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cofre ← ccofre · cfore · cofer · coffre · cofrre · corfe · ocfre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "café" for "cofre" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "café" or "cofre" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "café" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cofre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,406 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "café" and "cofre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cofre vs contre". 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 #57,406 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.