cobrovscorsoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#32,110
“cobro” frequency rank
#35,518
“corso” frequency rank
67628
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cobro corso
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do presente indicativo do verbo cobrar corso

Letter map: cobro vs corso

Shared letters muted; letters that set cobro and corso apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
cobro
5 ch
corso

Role in the sentence - cobro and corso

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cobro is averb and corsoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67628, 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/. corso is at rank #35,518, 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 67628, this pair ranks #4,565 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cobro vs corso

Shared letters: cor. Private to "cobro": b. Private to "corso": s.

"cobro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "corso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cobrocboro · ccobro · cobbro · cobor · cobrro · corbo · ocbro
  • corsoccorso · coros · corrso · corsso · cosro · croso · ocrso

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cobro" and "corso" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cobro" is a verb and "corso" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cobro" vs "corso" - which ranks higher?
"cobro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,110 in our Portuguese list, against #35,518 for "corso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cobro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,565 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cobro" and "corso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "corso vs cursor". 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 #4,565 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