Which to use
“connosco” and “conosco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,823
- “connosco” frequency rank
- #2,569
- “conosco” frequency rank
- 12392
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connosco | conosco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição com e o pronome nós | contração da preposição com e o pronome nós, em nossa companhia, a nosso respeito; equivalente a com nós |
Where the eye mixes connosco and conosco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. connosco runs 8 letters (CVCCVCCV) against conosco's 7 (CVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses connosco with conosco
A purely visual mix-up. connosco (/kõ.ˈnoʃ.ku/) and conosco (/ko.ˈnoʃ.ko̝/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
connosco is recorded at frequency rank #9,823, classified as apron, pronounced /kõ.ˈnoʃ.ku/. conosco is at rank #2,569, tagged as apron, pronounced /ko.ˈnoʃ.ko̝/.
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 12392, this pair ranks #60,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of connosco vs conosco
Shared letters: cnos. Private to "connosco": -. Private to "conosco": -.
"connosco" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "conosco" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "connosco" and "conosco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "connosco" or "conosco"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "connosco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "conosco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connosco" and "conosco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "colosso vs conosco". 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 #60,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.