caídovscampoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: caído is a adjective, campo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“caído” is an adjective and “campo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,017
“caído” frequency rank
#488
“campo” frequency rank
8505
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caído campo
Definition que caiu região fora da cidade

Letter map: caído vs campo

Shared letters muted; letters that set caído and campo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. caído (CVVCV) and campo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
caído
5 ch
campo

Grammar separator: caído vs campo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caído is anadjective and campoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caído is recorded at frequency rank #8,017, classified as anadj. campo is at rank #488, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ̃.pu/.

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 8505, this pair ranks #65,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of caído vs campo

Shared letters: aco. Private to "caído": dí. Private to "campo": mp.

"caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campo ← acmpo · cammpo · camop · camppo · capmo · ccampo · cmapo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "caído" for "campo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "caído" is an adjective and "campo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "caído" or "campo"?
"campo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #488 in our Portuguese list, against #8,017 for "caído". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "caído" vs "campo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "campo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caído" and "campo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caído 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 #65,236 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