cabidevscadêWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cabide is a noun, cadê is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cabide” is a noun and “cadê” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,785
“cabide” frequency rank
#3,377
“cadê” frequency rank
40162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabide cadê
Definition suporte no qual se colocam roupas expressão interrogativa usada para perguntar onde algo ou alguém está

Letter map: cabide vs cadê

Shared letters muted; letters that set cabide and cadê apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cabide runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cadê's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cabide
4 ch
cadê

Grammar separator: cabide vs cadê

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cabide is anoun and cadêapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cabide is recorded at frequency rank #36,785, classified as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈbi.de/. cadê is at rank #3,377, tagged as apron.

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 40162, this pair ranks #26,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cabide vs cadê

Shared letters: acd. Private to "cabide": bei. Private to "cadê": ê.

"cabide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cadê" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabide ← acbide · cabbide · cabdie · cabidde · cabied · caibde · cbaide · ccabide

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cabide" and "cadê" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cabide" is a noun and "cadê" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cabide" vs "cadê" - which ranks higher?
"cadê" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,377 in our Portuguese list, against #36,785 for "cabide". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "cabide" and "cadê". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cadê" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabide" and "cadê" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabide vs cabina". 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 #26,006 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