campavscapeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,885
“campa” frequency rank
#17,721
“cape” frequency rank
50606
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campa cape
Definition laje que cobre o sepulcro cabo

Letter map: campa vs cape

Shared letters muted; letters that set campa and cape apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. campa runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against cape's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
campa
4 ch
cape

Pair insight - campa / cape

campa and cape 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50606, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campa is recorded at frequency rank #32,885, classified as anoun. cape is at rank #17,721, tagged as anoun, pronounced /keɪp/, /keIp/.

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 50606, this pair ranks #14,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of campa vs cape

Shared letters: acp. Private to "campa": m. Private to "cape": e.

"campa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "cape" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campa ← acmpa · camap · cammpa · camppa · capma · ccampa · cmapa
  • cape ← acpe · caep · cappe · ccape · cpae

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "campa" and "cape" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "campa" vs "cape" - which ranks higher?
"cape" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,721 in our Portuguese list, against #32,885 for "campa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "campa" vs "cape" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "campa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cape" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campa" and "cape" 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 #14,354 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