cabalvscaçarConfusable pair

Quick tell: cabal is a adjective, caçar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

5 ch
cabal
5 ch
caçar

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": .

"cabal" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "caçar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabalacbal · caabl · caball · cabbal · cabla · cbaal · ccabal

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cabal" and "caçar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cabal" is an adjective and "caçar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cabal" or "caçar"?
"caçar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,115 in our Portuguese list, against #36,355 for "cabal". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list