Which to use
“cofre” is a noun and “court” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,689
- “cofre” frequency rank
- #14,107
- “court” frequency rank
- 27796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cofre | court |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | local onde se guardam dinheiro e objetos de valor | curto, breve, rápido |
Where the eye mixes cofre and court
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cofre (CVCCV) and court (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: cofre vs court
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cofre is /ˈkɔ.fɾɨ/ while court is /kuʁ/. 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 27796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cofre is recorded at frequency rank #13,689, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔ.fɾɨ/. court is at rank #14,107, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kuʁ/.
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 27796, this pair ranks #41,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cofre vs court
Shared letters: cor. Private to "cofre": ef. Private to "court": tu.
"cofre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "court" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cofre" for "court" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cofre" or "court" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cofre" and "court" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cofre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "court" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cofre" and "court" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cofre vs contre". 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 #41,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.