co vs cri, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,005
“co” frequency rank: #28,523
“cri” frequency rank: 30528
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	co	cri
Definition	que	povo indígena da América do Norte, que habitava desde as montanhas Rochosas até o oceano Atlântico, tanto nos Estados Unidos da América quanto no Canadá

Letter map: co vs cri

Shared letters muted; letters that set co and cri apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

3 ch

cri

Grammar separator: co vs cri

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: co is apronoun and crianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

co is recorded at frequency rank #2,005, classified as apron. cri is at rank #28,523, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾi/.

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 30528, this pair ranks #37,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of co vs cri

Shared letters: c. Private to "co": o. Private to "cri": ir.

"co" · 2 letters · shape CV · "cri" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "co" and "cri" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "co" is a pronoun and "cri" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "co" or "cri"?

"co" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,005 in our Portuguese list, against #28,523 for "cri". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "co" and "cri".

Full dictionary entry for "co" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "cri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #37,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"co" and "cri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs cri". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #37,796 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.