Which to use
“caído” is an adjective and “coiso” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,017
- “caído” frequency rank
- #30,884
- “coiso” frequency rank
- 38901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caído | coiso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que caiu | uma pessoa qualquer |
Letter map: caído vs coiso
Shared letters muted; letters that set caído and coiso apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. caído and coiso follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for caído / coiso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caído is anadjective and coisoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caído is recorded at frequency rank #8,017, classified as anadj. coiso is at rank #30,884, tagged as anoun.
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 38901, this pair ranks #27,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caído vs coiso
Shared letters: co. Private to "caído": adí. Private to "coiso": is.
"caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "coiso" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- coiso ← ccoiso · cioso · coios · coisso · cosio · ociso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caído" and "coiso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
You've compared "caído" and "coiso". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "caído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coiso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caído" and "coiso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs coiso". 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 #27,474 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.