caídovscapôWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#8,017
“caído” frequency rank
#31,676
“capô” frequency rank
39693
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caído capô
Definition que caiu cobertura que protege o motor de um veículo

Letter map: caído vs capô

Shared letters muted; letters that set caído and capô apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. caído runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against capô's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
caído
4 ch
capô

Role in the sentence - caído and capô

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caído is anadjective and capôanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caído is recorded at frequency rank #8,017, classified as anadj. 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 39693, this pair ranks #26,504 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caído vs capô

Shared letters: ac. Private to "caído": doí. Private to "capô": pô.

"caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "capô" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "caído" and "capô" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "caído" is an adjective and "capô" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "caído" vs "capô" - which ranks higher?
"caído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,017 in our Portuguese list, against #31,676 for "capô". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "caído" and "capô".

  • Full dictionary entry for "caído" 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 #26,504 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caído" and "capô" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capô vs ciao". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #26,504 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