Which to use
“captura” and “costura” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,979
- “captura” frequency rank
- #11,842
- “costura” frequency rank
- 16821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | captura | costura |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ação ou efeito de capturar | ato ou efeito de coser |
Where the eye mixes captura and costura
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. captura and costura follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: captura vs costura
A purely visual mix-up. captura (/kaˈp.tu.ɾɐ/) and costura (/kuʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
captura is recorded at frequency rank #4,979, classified as anoun, pronounced /kaˈp.tu.ɾɐ/. costura is at rank #11,842, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kuʃ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/.
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 16821, this pair ranks #54,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of captura vs costura
Shared letters: acrtu. Private to "captura": p. Private to "costura": os.
"captura" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "costura" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "captura" and "costura" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "captura" or "costura" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "captura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "costura" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "captura" and "costura" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "costela vs costura". 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 #54,621 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.