corovscosConfusable pair

Quick tell: coro is a noun, cos is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“coro” is a noun and “cos” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,264
“coro” frequency rank
#27,810
“cos” frequency rank
35074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coro cos
Definition grupo musical formado apenas por cantores, exordialmente muito comum em igrejas qualquer coisa

Letter map: coro vs cos

Shared letters muted; letters that set coro and cos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
coro
3 ch
cos

Grammar separator: coro vs cos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: coro is anoun and cosapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

coro is recorded at frequency rank #7,264, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈko.ɾu/. cos is at rank #27,810, tagged as apron.

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 35074, this pair ranks #32,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coro vs cos

Shared letters: co. Private to "coro": r. Private to "cos": s.

"coro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cos" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coroccoro · coor · corro · croo · ocro

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "coro" for "cos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "coro" is a noun and "cos" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "coro" or "cos" show up more?
"coro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,264 in our Portuguese list, against #27,810 for "cos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "coro" and "cos". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "coro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #32,035 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coro" and "cos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs cos". 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 #32,035 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