Which to use
“consigo” is a pronoun and “consumo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #502
- “consigo” frequency rank
- #2,134
- “consumo” frequency rank
- 2636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | consigo | consumo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em companhia de si (aquele a quem ou de quem se fala, seja ele, ela, você etc.) | a ação de consumir |
Letter map: consigo vs consumo
Shared letters muted; letters that set consigo and consumo apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for consigo / consumo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: consigo is apronoun and consumoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
consigo is recorded at frequency rank #502, classified as apron, pronounced /kõ.ˈsi.ɡo̝/. consumo is at rank #2,134, 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 2636, this pair ranks #72,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of consigo vs consumo
Shared letters: cnos. Private to "consigo": gi. Private to "consumo": mu.
"consigo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "consumo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "consigo" and "consumo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "consigo" vs "consumo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "consigo" and "consumo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "consigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "consumo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "consigo" and "consumo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "consumar vs consumo". 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 #72,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.