convésvscoresConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#20,252
“convés” frequency rank
#2,088
“cores” frequency rank
22340
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature convés cores
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Letter map: convés vs cores

Shared letters muted; letters that set convés and cores apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. convés runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against cores's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
convés
5 ch
cores

Pair insight - convés / cores

convés and cores 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 22340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

convés is recorded at frequency rank #20,252, classified as anoun, pronounced /kõ.ˈvɛʃ/. cores is at rank #2,088, 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 22340, this pair ranks #47,729 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of convés vs cores

Shared letters: cos. Private to "convés": nvé. Private to "cores": er.

"convés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "cores" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cores ← ccores · coers · coress · corres · corse · croes · ocres

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "convés" and "cores" 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.
Which is more common, "convés" or "cores"?
"cores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,088 in our Portuguese list, against #20,252 for "convés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "convés" and "cores". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "convés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,729 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "convés" and "cores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codex vs cores". 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 #47,729 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