CabravschacraTell them apart

Quick tell: Cabra is a name, chacra is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Cabra” is a name and “chacra” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,249
“Cabra” frequency rank
#35,936
“chacra” frequency rank
45185
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cabra chacra
Definition Nombre de varios pueblos de España: Cabra (Cordoba), Cabra del Camp (Tarragona), Cabra de Mora (Aragón), Cabra del Santo Cristo (Jaén). En el caso de los nombre de palabras múltiples, para abreviar, suelen llamarse simplemente "Cabra", ya que en el contexto en que se usan suelen estar exentos de ambigüedades. Campo de riego, labrado y sembrado para cultivo intensivo de legumbres, hortalizas, maíz, papas, frijoles, sandías, etc.

Where the eye mixes Cabra and chacra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Cabra runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against chacra's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Cabra
6 ch
chacra

Why the eye confuses Cabra with chacra

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Cabra is [ˈkaβ̞ɾa] while chacra is [ˈt͡ʃakɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cabra is recorded at frequency rank #9,249, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈkaβ̞ɾa]. chacra is at rank #35,936, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃakɾa].

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 45185, this pair ranks #132,895 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Cabra vs chacra

Shared letters: acr. Private to "Cabra": b. Private to "chacra": h.

"Cabra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "chacra" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Cabra ← acbra · cabar · cabbra · cabrra · carba · cavra · cbara · ccabra
  • chacra ← cahcra · cchacra · chacar · chaccra · chacrra · charca · chcara · chhacra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Cabra" for "chacra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cabra" is a name and "chacra" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Cabra" vs "chacra" - which ranks higher?
"Cabra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,249 in our Spanish list, against #35,936 for "chacra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Cabra" and "chacra" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Cabra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chacra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #132,895 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Cabra" and "chacra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chacra vs Charo". 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 #132,895 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list