Which to use
“capô” is a noun and “cujo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,676
- “capô” frequency rank
- #1,638
- “cujo” frequency rank
- 33314
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | capô | cujo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cobertura que protege o motor de um veículo | relaciona dois substantivos, um antecedente e outro consequente, sendo este último possuidor de algo (qualidade, condição, sentimento, ser etc.) designado pelo primeiro; equivale a de que, de quem, do/da qual, dos/das quais |
Letter map: capô vs cujo
Shared letters muted; letters that set capô and cujo apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for capô / cujo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: capô is anoun and cujoapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33314, 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/. cujo is at rank #1,638, tagged as apron.
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 33314, this pair ranks #34,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of capô vs cujo
Shared letters: c. Private to "capô": apô. Private to "cujo": jou.
"capô" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cujo ← ccujo · cjuo · cujjo · cuoj · ucjo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "capô" for "cujo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "capô" vs "cujo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "capô" and "cujo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "capô" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cujo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "capô" and "cujo" 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 #34,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.