Which to use
“cabeça” and “cabeção” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #361
- “cabeça” frequency rank
- #34,173
- “cabeção” frequency rank
- 34534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabeça | cabeção |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo pescoço | testarudo, teimoso |
Where the eye mixes cabeça and cabeção
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cabeça runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cabeção's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cabeça and cabeção
A purely visual mix-up. cabeça (/kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/) and cabeção (/ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/) 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 34534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabeça is recorded at frequency rank #361, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/. cabeção is at rank #34,173, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/.
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 34534, this pair ranks #32,701 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabeça vs cabeção
Shared letters: abceç. Private to "cabeça": -. Private to "cabeção": oã.
"cabeça" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cabeção" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabeça" and "cabeção" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cabeça" vs "cabeção" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabeça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabeção" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,701 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabeça" and "cabeção" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabeção vs caução". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #32,701 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.