cobrovscorpoConfusable pair

Quick tell: cobro is a verb, corpo is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cobro” is a verb and “corpo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,110
“cobro” frequency rank
#363
“corpo” frequency rank
32473
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cobro corpo
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo cobrar a parte material de um ser animado

Letter map: cobro vs corpo

Shared letters muted; letters that set cobro and corpo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cobro and corpo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
cobro
5 ch
corpo

Grammar separator: cobro vs corpo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cobro is averb and corpoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32473, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cobro is recorded at frequency rank #32,110, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈko.bɾu/. corpo is at rank #363, tagged as anoun.

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 32473, this pair ranks #35,331 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cobro vs corpo

Shared letters: cor. Private to "cobro": b. Private to "corpo": p.

"cobro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "corpo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cobro ← cboro · ccobro · cobbro · cobor · cobrro · corbo · ocbro
  • corpo ← ccorpo · copro · corop · corppo · corrpo · cropo · ocrpo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cobro" and "corpo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cobro" is a verb and "corpo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cobro" or "corpo"?
"corpo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #363 in our Portuguese list, against #32,110 for "cobro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "cobro" and "corpo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cobro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corpo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,331 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cobro" and "corpo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cobro vs coito". 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 #35,331 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