cabravscadaWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#11,222
“cabra” frequency rank
#144
“cada” frequency rank
11366
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabra cada
Definition quadrúpede mamífero e ruminante com numerosas raças selvagens indica, individualizando, um elemento de um grupo ou conjunto:

Where the eye mixes cabra and cada

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

5 ch
cabra
4 ch
cada

Look-alike desk: cabra vs cada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cabra is /ˈka.bɾɐ/ while cada is /ˈkɐ.dɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11366, 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/. cada is at rank #144, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈkɐ.dɐ/.

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 11366, this pair ranks #61,493 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cabra vs cada

Shared letters: ac. Private to "cabra": br. Private to "cada": d.

"cabra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "cada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabraacbra · cabar · cabbra · cabrra · carba · cbara · ccabra
  • cadaacda · caad · cadda · ccada · cdaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cabra" for "cada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cabra" is a noun and "cada" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cabra" vs "cada" - which ranks higher?
"cada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #144 in our Portuguese list, against #11,222 for "cabra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,493 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabra" and "cada" 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 #61,493 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