Which to use
“cabra” and “caça” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,222
- “cabra” frequency rank
- #2,823
- “caça” frequency rank
- 14045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabra | caça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | quadrúpede mamífero e ruminante com numerosas raças selvagens | desporto que consiste em caçar animais |
Where the eye mixes cabra and caça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cabra and caça
A purely visual mix-up. cabra (/ˈka.bɾɐ/) and caça (/ˈka.sɐ/) 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 14045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabra is recorded at frequency rank #11,222, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.bɾɐ/. caça is at rank #2,823, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.sɐ/.
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 14045, this pair ranks #58,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cabra vs caça
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cabra": br. Private to "caça": ç.
"cabra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "caça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabra ← acbra · cabar · cabbra · cabrra · carba · cbara · ccabra
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabra" and "caça" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cabra" or "caça" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caça" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabra" and "caça" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabina vs cabra". 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 #58,144 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.