Which to use
“cabo” is a noun and “calm” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,092
- “cabo” frequency rank
- #34,176
- “calm” frequency rank
- 35268
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabo | calm |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | patente militar abaixo do sargento e acima do soldado | calmo |
Letter map: cabo vs calm
Shared letters muted; letters that set cabo and calm apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for cabo / calm
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cabo is anoun and calmanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabo is recorded at frequency rank #1,092, classified as anoun. calm is at rank #34,176, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɑːm/.
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 35268, this pair ranks #31,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabo vs calm
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cabo": bo. Private to "calm": lm.
"cabo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "calm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabo" and "calm" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cabo" or "calm"?
What to do next
You've compared "cabo" and "calm". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "calm" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabo" and "calm" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calm vs cham". 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 #31,797 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.