campavscaspaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#32,885
“campa” frequency rank
#42,827
“caspa” frequency rank
75712
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campa caspa
Definition laje que cobre o sepulcro doença cutânea caracterizada pela escamação excessiva de pele morta no couro cabeludo

Letter map: campa vs caspa

Shared letters muted; letters that set campa and caspa apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. campa and caspa 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
caspa

Pair insight - campa / caspa

campa and caspa 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 - m in “campa” becomes s in “caspa”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campa is recorded at frequency rank #32,885, classified as anoun. caspa is at rank #42,827, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkas.pɐ/.

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 75712, this pair ranks #2,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of campa vs caspa

Shared letters: acp. Private to "campa": m. Private to "caspa": s.

"campa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "caspa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campa ← acmpa · camap · cammpa · camppa · capma · ccampa · cmapa
  • caspa ← acspa · capsa · casap · casppa · casspa · ccaspa · csapa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "campa" and "caspa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - m in “campa” becomes s in “caspa”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "campa" or "caspa" show up more?
"campa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,885 in our Portuguese list, against #42,827 for "caspa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "campa" and "caspa".

  • Full dictionary entry for "campa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "caspa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campa" and "caspa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canja vs caspa". 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 #2,246 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