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

#363
“corpo” frequency rank
#18,294
“corps” frequency rank
18657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature corpo corps
Definition a parte material de um ser animado corpo; parte material do ser

Letter map: corpo vs corps

Shared letters muted; letters that set corpo and corps apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
corpo
5 ch
corps

Spelling & dictionary notes on corpo vs corps

corpo and corps are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - o in “corpo” becomes s in “corps”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

corpo is recorded at frequency rank #363, classified as anoun. corps is at rank #18,294, tagged as anoun.

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 18657, this pair ranks #52,284 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of corpo vs corps

Shared letters: copr. Private to "corpo": -. Private to "corps": s.

"corpo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "corps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • corpoccorpo · copro · corop · corppo · corrpo · cropo · ocrpo
  • corpsccorps · coprs · corpps · corpss · corrps · corsp · crops · ocrps

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "corpo" for "corps" ever safe?
No. They differ by a single letter - o in “corpo” becomes s in “corps”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "corpo" vs "corps" - which ranks higher?
"corpo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #363 in our Portuguese list, against #18,294 for "corps". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "corpo" and "corps". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "corpo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,284 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "corpo" and "corps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ceres vs corps". 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 #52,284 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