Which to use
“close” and “cosa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,457
- “close” frequency rank
- #31,312
- “cosa” frequency rank
- 40769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | close | cosa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tomada realizada com um dispositivo filmador ou fotográfico em que se enche o enquadramento com o objeto filmado ou fotografado através do zum ou aproximando o dispositivo filmador ou fotográfico | coisa |
Letter map: close vs cosa
Shared letters muted; letters that set close and cosa apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Spelling & dictionary notes on close vs cosa
close and cosa are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
close is recorded at frequency rank #9,457, classified as anoun. cosa is at rank #31,312, tagged as anoun, pronounced /'kɔ.sa/.
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 40769, this pair ranks #25,280 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of close vs cosa
Shared letters: cos. Private to "close": el. Private to "cosa": a.
"close" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "cosa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "close" and "cosa" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "close" vs "cosa" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "close" and "cosa". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "close" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cosa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,280 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "close" and "cosa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conca vs cosa". 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 #25,280 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.