coitovscorpoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#38,629
“coito” frequency rank
#363
“corpo” frequency rank
38992
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coito corpo
Definition cozido a parte material de um ser animado

Letter map: coito vs corpo

Shared letters muted; letters that set coito and corpo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. coito (CVVCV) and corpo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
coito
5 ch
corpo

Grammar separator: coito vs corpo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coito is anadjective and corpoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38992, 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/. corpo is at rank #363, 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 38992, this pair ranks #27,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coito vs corpo

Shared letters: co. Private to "coito": it. Private to "corpo": pr.

"coito" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "corpo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coito ← ccoito · cioto · coiot · coitto · cotio · ocito
  • corpo ← ccorpo · copro · corop · corppo · corrpo · cropo · ocrpo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coito" and "corpo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coito" is an adjective and "corpo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "coito" vs "corpo" - which ranks higher?
"corpo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #363 in our Portuguese list, against #38,629 for "coito". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "coito" and "corpo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "coito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corpo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coito" and "corpo" 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 #27,371 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