Which to use
“cálcio” and “casco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,642
- “cálcio” frequency rank
- #14,093
- “casco” frequency rank
- 26735
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cálcio | casco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | elemento químico de símbolo Ca, número atômico 20 e massa atômica relativa 40,078; não é encontrado livre na natureza, apesar de ser o quinto elemento mais abundante do planeta; é encontrado na forma de carbonatos, sulfatos, fluoretos, fosfatos, silicatos e boratos, como mármore, giz, pedra e cal; tem importantes aplicações nas ligas de chumbo e alumínio e como desoxidante de ferro, aço e cobre | invólucro do crânio |
Where the eye mixes cálcio and casco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cálcio runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against casco's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cálcio and casco
A purely visual mix-up. cálcio (/ˈkałsju/) and casco (/ˈkaʃ.ku/) 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 26735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cálcio is recorded at frequency rank #12,642, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkałsju/. casco is at rank #14,093, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaʃ.ku/.
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 26735, this pair ranks #42,357 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cálcio vs casco
Shared letters: co. Private to "cálcio": ilá. Private to "casco": as.
"cálcio" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "casco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casco ← acsco · cacso · cascco · casoc · cassco · ccasco · csaco
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cálcio" and "casco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "cálcio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,357 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cálcio" and "casco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casco vs caução". 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 #42,357 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.