corvscozerConfusable pair

Quick tell: cor is a noun, cozer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cor” is a noun and “cozer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,065
“cor” frequency rank
#32,917
“cozer” frequency rank
33982
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cor cozer
Definition coração preparar (o alimento) ao fogo ou ao calor

Where the eye mixes cor and cozer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

3 ch
cor
5 ch
cozer

Visual trap between cor and cozer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cor is /ˈkɔɾ/ while cozer is /koˈze(ʁ)/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33982, 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/. cozer is at rank #32,917, tagged as averb, pronounced /koˈze(ʁ)/.

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 33982, this pair ranks #33,399 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cor vs cozer

Shared letters: cor. Private to "cor": -. Private to "cozer": ez.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cozerccozer · coezr · cozerr · cozre · cozzer · czoer · oczer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cor" for "cozer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cor" is a noun and "cozer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cor" or "cozer"?
"cor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,065 in our Portuguese list, against #32,917 for "cozer". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "cor" and "cozer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cozer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,399 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cor" and "cozer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codex vs cozer". 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 #33,399 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