caspavscopaConfusable pair

Which to use

“caspa” and “copa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,827
“caspa” frequency rank
#596
“copa” frequency rank
43423
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caspa copa
Definition doença cutânea caracterizada pela escamação excessiva de pele morta no couro cabeludo vaso fundo, de dimensões e formas variáveis, para bebidas; taça

Where the eye mixes caspa and copa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
caspa
4 ch
copa

Look-alike desk: caspa vs copa

A purely visual mix-up. caspa (/ˈkas.pɐ/) and copa (/ˈkɔ.pɐ/) 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 43423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caspa is recorded at frequency rank #42,827, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkas.pɐ/. copa is at rank #596, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔ.pɐ/.

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 43423, this pair ranks #22,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caspa vs copa

Shared letters: acp. Private to "caspa": s. Private to "copa": o.

"caspa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "copa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • caspaacspa · capsa · casap · casppa · casspa · ccaspa · csapa
  • copaccopa · coap · coppa · cpoa · ocpa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "caspa" and "copa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈkas.pɐ/ versus /ˈkɔ.pɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "caspa" vs "copa" - which ranks higher?
"copa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #596 in our Portuguese list, against #42,827 for "caspa". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "caspa" and "copa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caspa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "copa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caspa" and "copa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canja vs caspa". 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 #22,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list