campavscampoConfusable pair

Which to use

“campa” and “campo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,885
“campa” frequency rank
#488
“campo” frequency rank
33373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campa campo
Definition laje que cobre o sepulcro região fora da cidade

Letter map: campa vs campo

Shared letters muted; letters that set campa and campo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. campa and campo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
campa
5 ch
campo

Spelling & dictionary notes on campa vs campo

campa and campo are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - a in “campa” becomes o in “campo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campa is recorded at frequency rank #32,885, classified as anoun. 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 33373, this pair ranks #34,182 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of campa vs campo

Shared letters: acmp. Private to "campa": -. Private to "campo": o.

"campa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campa ← acmpa · camap · cammpa · camppa · capma · ccampa · cmapa
  • campo ← acmpo · cammpo · camop · camppo · capmo · ccampo · cmapo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "campa" and "campo" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by a single letter - a in “campa” becomes o in “campo”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "campa" vs "campo" - which ranks higher?
"campo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #488 in our Portuguese list, against #32,885 for "campa". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "campa" and "campo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "campa" 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 #34,182 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campa" and "campo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campa vs canja". 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 #34,182 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