Which to use
“connosco” and “convosco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,823
- “connosco” frequency rank
- #16,475
- “convosco” frequency rank
- 26298
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | connosco | convosco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição com e o pronome nós | em companhia de vós, equivalente a com vós |
Where the eye mixes connosco and convosco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. connosco and convosco follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: connosco vs convosco
A purely visual mix-up. connosco (/kõ.ˈnoʃ.ku/) and convosco (/kõ.ˈvoʃ.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 a single letter - n in “connosco” becomes v in “convosco”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26298, 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/. convosco is at rank #16,475, tagged as apron, pronounced /kõ.ˈvoʃ.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 26298, this pair ranks #42,887 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of connosco vs convosco
Shared letters: cnos. Private to "connosco": -. Private to "convosco": v.
"connosco" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "convosco" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "connosco" for "convosco" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "connosco" or "convosco" show up more?
What to do next
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 "convosco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,887 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "connosco" and "convosco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "confisco vs convosco". 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 #42,887 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.