Which to use
“cabeça” and “casaca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #361
- “cabeça” frequency rank
- #37,223
- “casaca” frequency rank
- 37584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabeça | casaca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo pescoço | paletó curto na frente, na altura da cintura e comprido atrás, com duas abas; vestuário de origem europeia e usado pelos aristocratas |
Where the eye mixes cabeça and casaca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cabeça and casaca follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cabeça and casaca
A purely visual mix-up. cabeça (/kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/) and casaca (/kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37584, 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/. casaca is at rank #37,223, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/.
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 37584, this pair ranks #29,001 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabeça vs casaca
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cabeça": beç. Private to "casaca": s.
"cabeça" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "casaca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casaca ← acsaca · caasca · casaac · casacca · cascaa · cassaca · ccasaca · csaaca
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cabeça" and "casaca" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cabeça" or "casaca"?
What to do next
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 "casaca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,001 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabeça" and "casaca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casaca vs cassada". 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 #29,001 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.