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

#7,264
“coro” frequency rank
#12,410
“coxa” frequency rank
19674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature coro coxa
Definition grupo musical formado apenas por cantores, exordialmente muito comum em igrejas parte da perna, desde as virilhas até o joelho

Where the eye mixes coro and coxa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
coro
4 ch
coxa

Look-alike desk: coro vs coxa

A purely visual mix-up. coro (/ˈko.ɾu/) and coxa (/ˈko.ʃɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19674, 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/. coxa is at rank #12,410, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈko.ʃɐ/.

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 19674, this pair ranks #51,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of coro vs coxa

Shared letters: co. Private to "coro": r. Private to "coxa": ax.

"coro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "coxa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • coroccoro · coor · corro · croo · ocro
  • coxaccoxa · coax · coxxa · cxoa · ocxa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "coro" and "coxa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈko.ɾu/ versus /ˈko.ʃɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "coro" or "coxa" show up more?
"coro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,264 in our Portuguese list, against #12,410 for "coxa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "coro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "coxa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #51,020 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "coro" and "coxa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conca vs coxa". 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 #51,020 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