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

#31,676
“capô” frequency rank
#9,166
“copos” frequency rank
40842
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature capô copos
Definition cobertura que protege o motor de um veículo plural de copo

Where the eye mixes capô and copos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
capô
5 ch
copos

Visual trap between capô and copos

A purely visual mix-up. capô (/ka.ˈpo/) and copos (/'kɔ.pos/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40842, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

capô is recorded at frequency rank #31,676, classified as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈpo/. copos is at rank #9,166, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'kɔ.pos/.

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 40842, this pair ranks #25,195 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of capô vs copos

Shared letters: cp. Private to "capô": . Private to "copos": os.

"capô" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "copos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coposccopos · coops · coposs · coppos · copso · cpoos · ocpos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "capô" for "copos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ka.ˈpo/ versus /'kɔ.pos/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "capô" vs "copos" - which ranks higher?
"copos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,166 in our Portuguese list, against #31,676 for "capô". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "capô" and "copos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "capô" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "copos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,195 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "capô" and "copos" 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 #25,195 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