coresvscrerTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,088
“cores” frequency rank
#4,627
“crer” frequency rank
6715
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cores crer
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 acreditar

Letter map: cores vs crer

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

5 ch
cores
4 ch
crer

Role in the sentence - cores and crer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cores is anoun and creraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cores is recorded at frequency rank #2,088, classified as anoun. crer is at rank #4,627, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈkɾeɾ/.

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 6715, this pair ranks #67,648 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cores vs crer

Shared letters: cer. Private to "cores": os. Private to "crer": -.

"cores" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "crer" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coresccores · coers · coress · corres · corse · croes · ocres
  • crerccrer · cerr · crerr · crre · crrer · rcer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cores" and "crer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cores" is a noun and "crer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cores" vs "crer" - which ranks higher?
"cores" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,088 in our Portuguese list, against #4,627 for "crer". 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 "cores" and "crer".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cores" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #67,648 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cores" and "crer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "creep vs crer". 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 #67,648 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