Which to use
“caroço” and “casaco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,999
- “caroço” frequency rank
- #6,510
- “casaco” frequency rank
- 33509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caroço | casaco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | semente de um fruto | peça de vestuário que os homens usam sobre a camisa ou o colete e as mulheres por cima do vestido |
Where the eye mixes caroço and casaco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between caroço and casaco
A purely visual mix-up. caroço (/kɐ.'ɾo.su/) and casaco (/kɐ.ˈza.ku/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caroço is recorded at frequency rank #26,999, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.'ɾo.su/. casaco is at rank #6,510, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈza.ku/.
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 33509, this pair ranks #33,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caroço vs casaco
Shared letters: aco. Private to "caroço": rç. Private to "casaco": s.
"caroço" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "casaco" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casaco ← acsaco · caasco · casacco · casaoc · cascao · cassaco · ccasaco · csaaco
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caroço" and "casaco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "caroço" or "casaco" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "caroço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casaco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caroço" and "casaco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caraca vs caroço". 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 #33,996 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.