Which to use
“cabal” is an adjective and “caçar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,355
- “cabal” frequency rank
- #7,115
- “caçar” frequency rank
- 43470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabal | caçar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | satisfatório; completo; rigoroso; pleno | perseguir uma presa e, usualmente, matá-la |
Letter map: cabal vs caçar
Shared letters muted; letters that set cabal and caçar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cabal / caçar
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cabal is anadjective and caçaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabal is recorded at frequency rank #36,355, classified as anadj. caçar is at rank #7,115, tagged as averb, pronounced /kɐ.ˈsaɾ/.
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 43470, this pair ranks #22,166 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabal vs caçar
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cabal": bl. Private to "caçar": rç.
"cabal" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "caçar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabal ← acbal · caabl · caball · cabbal · cabla · cbaal · ccabal
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabal" and "caçar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cabal" or "caçar"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cabal" and "caçar".
- Full dictionary entry for "cabal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caçar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,166 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabal" and "caçar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabal vs caudal". 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 #22,166 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.