Which to use
“care” and “Cargo” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,402
- “care” frequency rank
- #24,666
- “Cargo” frequency rank
- 36068
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | care | Cargo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Sorge, Kummer | die Ladung eines Schiffes |
Where the eye mixes care and Cargo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between care and Cargo
A purely visual mix-up. care ([keə]) and Cargo ([ˈkaʁɡo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
care is recorded at frequency rank #11,402, classified as anoun, pronounced [keə]. Cargo is at rank #24,666, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaʁɡo].
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 36068, this pair ranks #1,624,744 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of care vs Cargo
Shared letters: acr. Private to "care": e. Private to "Cargo": go.
"care" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Cargo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "care" and "Cargo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "care" vs "Cargo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "care" and "Cargo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "care" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Cargo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,624,744 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "care" and "Cargo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cargo vs carr". 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 #1,624,744 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.