classvscrassoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: class is a noun, crasso is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“class” is a noun and “crasso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,854
“class” frequency rank
#39,078
“crasso” frequency rank
49932
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature class crasso
Definition (Informática) classe espesso

Letter map: class vs crasso

Shared letters muted; letters that set class and crasso apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
class
6 ch
crasso

Grammar separator: class vs crasso

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: class is anoun and crassoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49932, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

class is recorded at frequency rank #10,854, classified as anoun. crasso is at rank #39,078, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkɾa.su/.

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 49932, this pair ranks #15,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of class vs crasso

Shared letters: acs. Private to "class": l. Private to "crasso": or.

"class" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "crasso" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • classcalss · cclass · clas · cllass · clsas · lcass
  • crassocarsso · ccrasso · craso · crasos · crrasso · crsaso · rcasso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "class" for "crasso" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "class" is a noun and "crasso" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "class" or "crasso" show up more?
"class" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,854 in our Portuguese list, against #39,078 for "crasso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "class" and "crasso".

  • Full dictionary entry for "class" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crasso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "class" and "crasso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chassi vs crasso". 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 #15,047 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