Which to use
“coautor” is a noun and “coletor” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,791
- “coautor” frequency rank
- #20,821
- “coletor” frequency rank
- 68612
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coautor | coletor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | autor não exclusivo de uma obra | que colige |
Where the eye mixes coautor and coletor
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. coautor (CVVVCVC) and coletor (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between coautor and coletor
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: coautor is /ˌkɔ.aw.ˈtoχ/ while coletor is /ku.lɛ.ˈtoɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coautor is recorded at frequency rank #47,791, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˌkɔ.aw.ˈtoχ/. coletor is at rank #20,821, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ku.lɛ.ˈtoɾ/.
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 68612, this pair ranks #4,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coautor vs coletor
Shared letters: cort. Private to "coautor": au. Private to "coletor": el.
"coautor" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVC · "coletor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "coautor" and "coletor" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "coautor" or "coletor" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "coautor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coletor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coautor" and "coletor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "castor vs coautor". 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 #4,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.