corpo vs corpus, What's the Difference?

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

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set corpo and corpus apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

corpo

6 ch

corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

corpo#363

corpus#10,505

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "corpo" and "corpus" be used interchangeably?

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.

Which is more common, "corpo" or "corpus"?

"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.

Remembering corpo vs corpus

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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