corpovscorpusTell them apart

Which to use

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

#363
“corpo” frequency rank
#10,505
“corpus” frequency rank
10868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature corpo corpus
Definition a parte material de um ser animado ver córpus

Letter map: corpo vs corpus

Shared letters muted; letters that set corpo and corpus apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. corpo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against corpus's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
corpo
6 ch
corpus

Pair insight - corpo / corpus

corpo and corpus 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

corpo is recorded at frequency rank #363, classified as anoun. corpus is at rank #10,505, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɔɾ.puʃ/.

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 10868, this pair ranks #62,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of corpo vs corpus

Shared letters: copr. Private to "corpo": -. Private to "corpus": su.

"corpo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "corpus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • corpo ← ccorpo · copro · corop · corppo · corrpo · cropo · ocrpo
  • corpus ← ccorpus · coprus · corppus · corpsu · corpuss · corrpus · corups · cropus

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "corpo" and "corpus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "corpo" or "corpus" show up more?
"corpo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #363 in our Portuguese list, against #10,505 for "corpus". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "corpo" vs "corpus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "corpo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "corpus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "corpo" and "corpus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coito vs corpo". 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 #62,113 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