corpovscorsoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#363
“corpo” frequency rank
#35,518
“corso” frequency rank
35881
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature corpo corso
Definition a parte material de um ser animado corso

Letter map: corpo vs corso

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

5 ch
corpo
5 ch
corso

Corpus notes: corpo and corso

corpo and corso 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 - p in “corpo” becomes s in “corso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

corpo is recorded at frequency rank #363, classified as anoun. corso is at rank #35,518, 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 35881, this pair ranks #31,074 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of corpo vs corso

Shared letters: cor. Private to "corpo": p. Private to "corso": s.

"corpo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "corso" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • corpoccorpo · copro · corop · corppo · corrpo · cropo · ocrpo
  • corsoccorso · coros · corrso · corsso · cosro · croso · ocrso

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "corpo" and "corso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - p in “corpo” becomes s in “corso”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "corpo" vs "corso" - which ranks higher?
"corpo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #363 in our Portuguese list, against #35,518 for "corso". 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 "corso" 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 "corso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,074 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "corpo" and "corso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "corso vs cursor". 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 #31,074 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