caravschartTell them apart

Which to use

“cara” and “chart” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#444
“cara” frequency rank
#41,784
“chart” frequency rank
42228
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cara chart
Definition En el hombre y algunos animales, parte frontal de la cabeza, donde se encuentran los ojos, nariz y boca. Carta.

Where the eye mixes cara and chart

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cara runs 4 letters (CVCV) against chart's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
cara
5 ch
chart

Look-alike desk: cara vs chart

A purely visual mix-up. cara ([ˈkaɾa]) and chart (/t͡ʃɑːt/) 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 42228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cara is recorded at frequency rank #444, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaɾa]. chart is at rank #41,784, tagged as anoun, pronounced /t͡ʃɑːt/.

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 42228, this pair ranks #149,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cara vs chart

Shared letters: acr. Private to "cara": -. Private to "chart": ht.

"cara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "chart" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • caraacra · caar · carra · ccara · craa
  • chartcahrt · cchart · charrt · chartt · chatr · chhart · chrat · hcart

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cara" and "chart" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkaɾa] versus /t͡ʃɑːt/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cara" vs "chart" - which ranks higher?
"cara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #444 in our Spanish list, against #41,784 for "chart". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,418 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cara" and "chart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "champ vs chart". 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 #149,418 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