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

#32,503
“casulo” frequency rank
#48,336
“coágulo” frequency rank
80839
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casulo coágulo
Definition vagem que envolve as sementes, nas favas e outras leguminosas parte que se solidificou dum líquido

Where the eye mixes casulo and coágulo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
casulo
7 ch
coágulo

Visual trap between casulo and coágulo

A purely visual mix-up. casulo (/kɐ.ˈzu.lu/) and coágulo (/ˈkwa.ɡu.lu/) 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 80839, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casulo is recorded at frequency rank #32,503, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈzu.lu/. coágulo is at rank #48,336, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkwa.ɡu.lu/.

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 80839, this pair ranks #1,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of casulo vs coágulo

Shared letters: clou. Private to "casulo": as. Private to "coágulo": .

"casulo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "coágulo" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casuloacsulo · casluo · cassulo · casullo · casuol · causlo · ccasulo · csaulo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "casulo" and "coágulo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/kɐ.ˈzu.lu/ versus /ˈkwa.ɡu.lu/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "casulo" or "coágulo" show up more?
"casulo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,503 in our Portuguese list, against #48,336 for "coágulo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "casulo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coágulo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,264 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casulo" and "coágulo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casulo vs caule". 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 #1,264 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