Which to use
“casaco” and “cisão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,510
- “casaco” frequency rank
- #36,806
- “cisão” frequency rank
- 43316
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casaco | cisão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça de vestuário que os homens usam sobre a camisa ou o colete e as mulheres por cima do vestido | ato de cindir |
Where the eye mixes casaco and cisão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. casaco runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cisão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: casaco vs cisão
A purely visual mix-up. casaco (/kɐ.ˈza.ku/) and cisão (/si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casaco is recorded at frequency rank #6,510, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈza.ku/. cisão is at rank #36,806, tagged as anoun, pronounced /si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 43316, this pair ranks #22,331 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casaco vs cisão
Shared letters: cos. Private to "casaco": a. Private to "cisão": iã.
"casaco" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cisão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casaco ← acsaco · caasco · casacco · casaoc · cascao · cassaco · ccasaco · csaaco
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "casaco" and "cisão" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "casaco" or "cisão"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "casaco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cisão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,331 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casaco" and "cisão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs cisão". 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 #22,331 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.