campavscapôConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#32,885
“campa” frequency rank
#31,676
“capô” frequency rank
64561
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campa capô
Definition laje que cobre o sepulcro cobertura que protege o motor de um veículo

Letter map: campa vs capô

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

5 ch
campa
4 ch
capô

Pair insight - campa / capô

campa and capô 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 64561, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campa is recorded at frequency rank #32,885, classified as anoun. capô is at rank #31,676, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈpo/.

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 64561, this pair ranks #5,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of campa vs capô

Shared letters: acp. Private to "campa": m. Private to "capô": ô.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campa ← acmpa · camap · cammpa · camppa · capma · ccampa · cmapa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "campa" for "capô" ever safe?
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.
Which is more common, "campa" or "capô"?
"capô" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,676 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.

After this comparison

Pair "campa" vs "capô" 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 "capô" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,725 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campa" and "capô" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capô 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 #5,725 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