corvscoresTell them apart

Which to use

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

#1,065
“cor” frequency rank
#2,088
“cores” frequency rank
3153
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cor cores
Definition coração maneira como realmente se é em relação as íntimas intenções ou ao comportamento espontâneo e natural quanto àquilo que é exteriorado pela atitude ao olhar alheio

Letter map: cor vs cores

Shared letters muted; letters that set cor and cores apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
cor
5 ch
cores

Spelling & dictionary notes on cor vs cores

cor 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 2 extra letter(s) - “cor” sits inside “cores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cor is recorded at frequency rank #1,065, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔɾ/. 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 3153, this pair ranks #72,049 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cor vs cores

Shared letters: cor. Private to "cor": -. Private to "cores": es.

"cor" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "cores" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coresccores · coers · coress · corres · corse · croes · ocres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cor" and "cores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “cor” sits inside “cores”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cor" or "cores" show up more?
"cor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,065 in our Portuguese list, against #2,088 for "cores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cor" and "cores".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cor" 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 #72,049 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cor" 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 #72,049 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