concavscopaConfusable pair

Which to use

“conca” and “copa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,765
“conca” frequency rank
#596
“copa” frequency rank
46361
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conca copa
Definition recipiente grande de barro vaso fundo, de dimensões e formas variáveis, para bebidas; taça

Letter map: conca vs copa

Shared letters muted; letters that set conca and copa apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
conca
4 ch
copa

Corpus notes: conca and copa

conca and copa are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conca is recorded at frequency rank #45,765, classified as anoun. copa is at rank #596, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔ.pɐ/.

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 46361, this pair ranks #18,953 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of conca vs copa

Shared letters: aco. Private to "conca": n. Private to "copa": p.

"conca" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "copa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • concacconca · cnoca · cocna · conac · concca · connca · ocnca
  • copaccopa · coap · coppa · cpoa · ocpa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conca" and "copa" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "conca" or "copa" show up more?
"copa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #596 in our Portuguese list, against #45,765 for "conca". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "conca" vs "copa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "conca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "copa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,953 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conca" and "copa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conca vs copta". 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 #18,953 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