Which to use
“contigo” is a pronoun and “cortiço” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,738
- “contigo” frequency rank
- #41,920
- “cortiço” frequency rank
- 43658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contigo | cortiço |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em tua companhia, equivalente a com ti | colmeia feita num cilindro de cortiça, ou casca de árvore |
Letter map: contigo vs cortiço
Shared letters muted; letters that set contigo and cortiço apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. contigo and cortiço follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for contigo / cortiço
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: contigo is apronoun and cortiçoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contigo is recorded at frequency rank #1,738, classified as apron, pronounced /kõ.ˈt͡ʃi.ɡo̝/. cortiço is at rank #41,920, 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 43658, this pair ranks #21,973 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contigo vs cortiço
Shared letters: ciot. Private to "contigo": gn. Private to "cortiço": rç.
"contigo" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cortiço" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- contigo ← ccontigo · cnotigo · conitgo · conntigo · contgio · contiggo · contiog · conttigo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contigo" and "cortiço" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "contigo" or "cortiço"?
Useful next steps
Pair "contigo" vs "cortiço" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "contigo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cortiço" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,973 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contigo" and "cortiço" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cortiça vs cortiço". 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 #21,973 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.