comeuvscoreTell them apart

Quick tell: comeu is a verb, core is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comeu” is a verb and “core” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,395
“comeu” frequency rank
#9,649
“core” frequency rank
15044
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comeu core
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo comer núcleo de processamento

Letter map: comeu vs core

Shared letters muted; letters that set comeu and core apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
comeu
4 ch
core

Part-of-speech tell for comeu / core

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comeu is averb and coreanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comeu is recorded at frequency rank #5,395, classified as averb. core is at rank #9,649, tagged as anoun, pronounced ˈkɔ.ɾɪ/.

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 15044, this pair ranks #56,894 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of comeu vs core

Shared letters: ceo. Private to "comeu": mu. Private to "core": r.

"comeu" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "core" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • comeuccomeu · cmoeu · coemu · commeu · comue · ocmeu
  • coreccore · coer · corre · croe · ocre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comeu" for "core" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comeu" is a verb and "core" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "comeu" or "core" show up more?
"comeu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,395 in our Portuguese list, against #9,649 for "core". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "comeu" vs "core" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comeu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "core" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,894 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comeu" and "core" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codex vs core". 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 #56,894 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