coesãovscoisoTell them apart

Which to use

“coesão” and “coiso” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#18,534
“coesão” frequency rank
#30,884
“coiso” frequency rank
49418
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coesão coiso
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Letter map: coesão vs coiso

Shared letters muted; letters that set coesão and coiso apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. coesão runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against coiso's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
coesão
5 ch
coiso

Corpus notes: coesão and coiso

coesão and coiso 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 49418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coesão is recorded at frequency rank #18,534, classified as anoun, pronounced /kwe.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. coiso is at rank #30,884, 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 49418, this pair ranks #15,586 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of coesão vs coiso

Shared letters: cos. Private to "coesão": eã. Private to "coiso": i.

"coesão" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "coiso" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coiso ← ccoiso · cioso · coios · coisso · cosio · ociso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coesão" and "coiso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "coesão" vs "coiso" - which ranks higher?
"coesão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,534 in our Portuguese list, against #30,884 for "coiso". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "coesão" vs "coiso" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "coesão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coiso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,586 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coesão" and "coiso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs coiso". 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 #15,586 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