coresvscozerWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#2,088
“cores” frequency rank
#32,917
“cozer” frequency rank
35005
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: cores vs cozer

Shared letters muted; letters that set cores and cozer apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cores and cozer follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
cores
5 ch
cozer

Part-of-speech tell for cores / cozer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cores is anoun and cozeraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35005, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cores is recorded at frequency rank #2,088, classified as anoun. 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 35005, this pair ranks #32,132 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cores vs cozer

Shared letters: ceor. Private to "cores": s. Private to "cozer": z.

"cores" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "cozer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cores ← ccores · coers · coress · corres · corse · croes · ocres
  • cozer ← ccozer · coezr · cozerr · cozre · cozzer · czoer · oczer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cores" for "cozer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cores" is a noun and "cozer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cores" or "cozer"?
"cores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,088 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

Pair "cores" vs "cozer" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cores" 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 #32,132 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cores" 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 #32,132 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