caça

/ˈka.sɐ/

//ˈka.sɐ// noun

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The verdict

“caça” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,823) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,823
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - desporto que consiste em caçar animais

Corpus desk

Index PT-caca · caça · Portuguese

caça · rank #2,823 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,823
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH castelo

Nearest frequency peer: castelo (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “caça”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “caça” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

caça vs CC
0% similar
caça vs chá
25% similar
caça vs cão
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for caça
PropertyValue
Headwordcaça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈka.sɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#2,823
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “caça”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).caçacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “castelo” (#2,822), “cadeira” (#2,820), “considerar” (#2,827). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “caça” fica em #2,823. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for caça is neighbouring look-alikes ("CC", "chá", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈka.sɐ/. Frequency #2,823 among 2,140 “C” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for caça, with forms such as "acça", "caaç", and "ccaça". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CC", "chá", "cão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is caça, spelled C-A-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    desporto que consiste em caçar animais
  2. 2
    ato ou efeito de caçar
  3. 3
    os animais caçados

This word in other languages

hunting(English)caza(Español)chasse(Français)Jagd(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acça
  • caaç
  • ccaça
  • cçaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caça - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acça2caaç2ccaça1cçaa2
Edit distance from "caça"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caça"?
"caça" is spelled C-A-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈka.sɐ/.
What does "caça" mean?
As a noun, "caça" means: desporto que consiste em caçar animais
What words are commonly confused with "caça"?
"caça" is commonly confused with "CC", "chá", "cão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caça"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caça" is /ˈka.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caça" come from?
"caça" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caça", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

seca#2,805quão#2,849cura#2,771Juan#2,890

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list