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Which to use

“cabide” and “cárie” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,785
“cabide” frequency rank
#40,971
“cárie” frequency rank
77756
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabide cárie
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Where the eye mixes cabide and cárie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cabide
5 ch
cárie

Look-alike desk: cabide vs cárie

A purely visual mix-up. cabide (/ka.ˈbi.de/) and cárie (/ˈka.ɾji/) 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 77756, 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/. cárie is at rank #40,971, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.ɾji/.

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 77756, this pair ranks #1,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cabide vs cárie

Shared letters: cei. Private to "cabide": abd. Private to "cárie": .

"cabide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cárie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabideacbide · cabbide · cabdie · cabidde · cabied · caibde · cbaide · ccabide

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cabide" and "cárie" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ka.ˈbi.de/ versus /ˈka.ɾji/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cabide" vs "cárie" - which ranks higher?
"cabide" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,785 in our Portuguese list, against #40,971 for "cárie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cárie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabide" and "cárie" 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 #1,802 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