coisovscomigoTell them apart

Quick tell: coiso is a noun, comigo is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#30,884
“coiso” frequency rank
#304
“comigo” frequency rank
31188
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coiso comigo
Definition uma pessoa qualquer em minha companhia, com a minha pessoa; equivalente a com mim

Letter map: coiso vs comigo

Shared letters muted; letters that set coiso and comigo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
coiso
6 ch
comigo

Grammar separator: coiso vs comigo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coiso is anoun and comigoapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coiso is recorded at frequency rank #30,884, classified as anoun. comigo is at rank #304, tagged as apron, pronounced /ko.ˈmi.ɡo̝/.

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 31188, this pair ranks #36,979 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coiso vs comigo

Shared letters: cio. Private to "coiso": s. Private to "comigo": gm.

"coiso" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "comigo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coisoccoiso · cioso · coios · coisso · cosio · ociso
  • comigoccomigo · cmoigo · coimgo · comgio · comiggo · comiog · commigo · ocmigo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "coiso" and "comigo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coiso" is a noun and "comigo" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "coiso" or "comigo" show up more?
"comigo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #304 in our Portuguese list, against #30,884 for "coiso". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "coiso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "comigo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,979 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coiso" and "comigo" 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 #36,979 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