Which to use
“cabeça” and “cabelo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #361
- “cabeça” frequency rank
- #930
- “cabelo” frequency rank
- 1291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabeça | cabelo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo pescoço | pelos que crescem na cabeça do ser humano |
Where the eye mixes cabeça and cabelo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cabeça vs cabelo
A purely visual mix-up. cabeça (/kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/) and cabelo (/kɐ.ˈbe.lu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1291, 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/. cabelo is at rank #930, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈbe.lu/.
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 1291, this pair ranks #74,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cabeça vs cabelo
Shared letters: abce. Private to "cabeça": ç. Private to "cabelo": lo.
"cabeça" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cabelo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabelo ← acbelo · cabbelo · cabello · cabeol · cableo · caeblo · cbaelo · ccabelo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabeça" and "cabelo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cabeça" vs "cabelo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cabeça" and "cabelo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabeça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabelo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabeça" and "cabelo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabelo vs Cibele". 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 #74,291 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.