casavscosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: casa is a noun, cos is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“casa” is a noun and “cos” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#91
“casa” frequency rank
#27,810
“cos” frequency rank
27901
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casa cos
Definition construção que serve de moradia qualquer coisa

Letter map: casa vs cos

Shared letters muted; letters that set casa and cos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
casa
3 ch
cos

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: casa is anoun and cosapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casa is recorded at frequency rank #91, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.zɐ/. cos is at rank #27,810, 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 27901, this pair ranks #41,009 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of casa vs cos

Shared letters: cs. Private to "casa": a. Private to "cos": o.

"casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casaacsa · caas · cassa · ccasa · csaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "casa" and "cos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "casa" is a noun and "cos" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "casa" or "cos"?
"casa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #91 in our Portuguese list, against #27,810 for "cos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list