Which to use
“coito” is an adjective and “comité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,629
- “coito” frequency rank
- #8,738
- “comité” frequency rank
- 47367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | coito | comité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cozido | reunião de membros escolhidos numa assembleia |
Where the eye mixes coito and comité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. coito runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against comité's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses coito with comité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: coito is /ˈkoj.tu/ while comité is /ku.mi.ˈtɛ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
coito is recorded at frequency rank #38,629, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈkoj.tu/. comité is at rank #8,738, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ku.mi.ˈtɛ/.
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 47367, this pair ranks #17,889 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of coito vs comité
Shared letters: ciot. Private to "coito": -. Private to "comité": mé.
"coito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "comité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- coito ← ccoito · cioto · coiot · coitto · cotio · ocito
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "coito" and "comité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "coito" or "comité" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "coito" and "comité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "coito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "comité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,889 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "coito" and "comité" 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 #17,889 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.