Which to use
“caução” is a noun and “cuco” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,325
- “caução” frequency rank
- #30,486
- “cuco” frequency rank
- 73811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caução | cuco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | valor depositado como garantia de realização de um compromisso | que tira partido de algo ou de uma pessoa, que é aproveitado, egoísta |
Letter map: caução vs cuco
Shared letters muted; letters that set caução and cuco apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. caução runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against cuco's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for caução / cuco
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caução is anoun and cucoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caução is recorded at frequency rank #43,325, classified as anoun. cuco is at rank #30,486, tagged as anadj, pronounced /'ku.kʊ/.
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 73811, this pair ranks #2,683 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caução vs cuco
Shared letters: cou. Private to "caução": aãç. Private to "cuco": -.
"caução" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "cuco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cuco ← ccuco · ccuo · cucco · cuoc · ucco
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "caução" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,683 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caução" and "cuco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caução vs caudal". 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 #2,683 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.