Which to use
“cabeção” and “caneca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,173
- “cabeção” frequency rank
- #14,091
- “caneca” frequency rank
- 48264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabeção | caneca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | testarudo, teimoso | copo com asa, porém, ao contrário da xícara, geralmente maior e não necessita de pires |
Where the eye mixes cabeção and caneca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cabeção runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against caneca's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cabeção vs caneca
A purely visual mix-up. cabeção (/ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/) and caneca (/ˈkɐ.nɛ.kɐ/) 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 48264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabeção is recorded at frequency rank #34,173, classified as anoun, pronounced /ka.be.'saŋ/, /ka.be.'θaŋ/. caneca is at rank #14,091, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ.nɛ.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 48264, this pair ranks #16,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cabeção vs caneca
Shared letters: ace. Private to "cabeção": boãç. Private to "caneca": n.
"cabeção" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "caneca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- caneca ← acneca · caenca · cancea · caneac · canecca · canneca · ccaneca · cnaeca
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabeção" and "caneca" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cabeção" or "caneca"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cabeção" and "caneca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabeção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caneca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabeção" and "caneca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabeção vs caução". 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 #16,926 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.