coisovscoitoConfusable pair

Quick tell: coiso is a noun, coito is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“coiso” is a noun and “coito” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,884
“coiso” frequency rank
#38,629
“coito” frequency rank
69513
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coiso coito
Definition uma pessoa qualquer cozido

Letter map: coiso vs coito

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

5 ch
coiso
5 ch
coito

Role in the sentence - coiso and coito

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coiso is anoun and coitoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “coiso” becomes t in “coito”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coiso is recorded at frequency rank #30,884, classified as anoun. coito is at rank #38,629, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈkoj.tu/.

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 69513, this pair ranks #3,927 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of coiso vs coito

Shared letters: cio. Private to "coiso": s. Private to "coito": t.

"coiso" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "coito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coiso ← ccoiso · cioso · coios · coisso · cosio · ociso
  • coito ← ccoito · cioto · coiot · coitto · cotio · ocito

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coiso" for "coito" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coiso" is a noun and "coito" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "coiso" vs "coito" - which ranks higher?
"coiso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,884 in our Portuguese list, against #38,629 for "coito". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "coiso" and "coito".

  • Full dictionary entry for "coiso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,927 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coiso" and "coito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao 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 #3,927 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