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.
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
- casa ← acsa · caas · cassa · ccasa · csaa