Which to use
“Campos” and “campus” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,383
- “Campos” frequency rank
- #3,127
- “campus” frequency rank
- 4510
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Campos | campus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sobrenome comum em português | campo, planície |
Where the eye mixes Campos and campus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Campos and campus follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Campos and campus
A purely visual mix-up. Campos (/ˈkɐ̃.pus/) and campus (/ˈkam.pus/, [ˈkam.pʊs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - o in “Campos” becomes u in “campus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4510, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Campos is recorded at frequency rank #1,383, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ̃.pus/. campus is at rank #3,127, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkam.pus/, [ˈkam.pʊs].
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 4510, this pair ranks #70,364 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Campos vs campus
Shared letters: acmps. Private to "Campos": o. Private to "campus": u.
"Campos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "campus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Campos" for "campus" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Campos" vs "campus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Campos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "campus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,364 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Campos" and "campus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cactus vs campus". 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 #70,364 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.