cimovscoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cimo is a noun, co is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cimo” is a noun and “co” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,235
“cimo” frequency rank
#2,005
“co” frequency rank
27240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cimo co
Definition a parte mais alta que

Letter map: cimo vs co

Shared letters muted; letters that set cimo and co apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
cimo
2 ch
co

Grammar separator: cimo vs co

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cimo is anoun and coapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cimo is recorded at frequency rank #25,235, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsi.mu/. co is at rank #2,005, 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 27240, this pair ranks #41,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cimo vs co

Shared letters: co. Private to "cimo": im. Private to "co": -.

"cimo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "co" · 2 letters · shape CV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cimoccimo · cimmo · ciom · cmio · icmo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cimo" for "co" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cimo" is a noun and "co" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cimo" or "co" show up more?
"co" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,005 in our Portuguese list, against #25,235 for "cimo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "cimo" and "co". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cimo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "co" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cimo" and "co" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs cimo". 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 #41,769 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