Which to use
“capô” and “cravo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,676
- “capô” frequency rank
- #18,554
- “cravo” frequency rank
- 50230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capô | cravo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cobertura que protege o motor de um veículo | a planta craveiro; a flor do craveiro |
Where the eye mixes capô and cravo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. capô runs 4 letters (CVCV) against cravo's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: capô vs cravo
A purely visual mix-up. capô (/ka.ˈpo/) and cravo (/ˈkɾa.vu/) 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 50230, 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/. cravo is at rank #18,554, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾa.vu/.
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 50230, this pair ranks #14,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of capô vs cravo
Shared letters: ac. Private to "capô": pô. Private to "cravo": orv.
"capô" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cravo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cravo ← carvo · ccravo · craov · cravvo · crravo · crvao · rcavo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "capô" and "cravo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "capô" vs "cravo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "capô" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cravo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capô" and "cravo" 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 #14,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.