calovscujoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: calo is a noun, cujo is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“calo” is a noun and “cujo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,256
“calo” frequency rank
#1,638
“cujo” frequency rank
30894
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature calo cujo
Definition porção dura da pele que se tornou grossa e rígida por atrito repetido relaciona dois substantivos, um antecedente e outro consequente, sendo este último possuidor de algo (qualidade, condição, sentimento, ser etc.) designado pelo primeiro; equivale a de que, de quem, do/da qual, dos/das quais

Letter map: calo vs cujo

Shared letters muted; letters that set calo and cujo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
calo
4 ch
cujo

Grammar separator: calo vs cujo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: calo is anoun and cujoapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

calo is recorded at frequency rank #29,256, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.lu/. cujo is at rank #1,638, tagged as apron.

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 30894, this pair ranks #37,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of calo vs cujo

Shared letters: co. Private to "calo": al. Private to "cujo": ju.

"calo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • caloaclo · callo · caol · ccalo · clao
  • cujoccujo · cjuo · cujjo · cuoj · ucjo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "calo" and "cujo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "calo" is a noun and "cujo" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "calo" or "cujo"?
"cujo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,638 in our Portuguese list, against #29,256 for "calo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "calo" vs "cujo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "calo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cujo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "calo" and "cujo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calo 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 #37,345 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