cabravscarryTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#11,222
“cabra” frequency rank
#25,925
“carry” frequency rank
37147
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabra carry
Definition quadrúpede mamífero e ruminante com numerosas raças selvagens levar, transportar, carregar

Letter map: cabra vs carry

Shared letters muted; letters that set cabra and carry apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cabra and carry follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
cabra
5 ch
carry

Grammar separator: cabra vs carry

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cabra is anoun and carryaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37147, 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/. carry is at rank #25,925, tagged as averb.

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 37147, this pair ranks #29,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cabra vs carry

Shared letters: acr. Private to "cabra": b. Private to "carry": y.

"cabra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "carry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabra ← acbra · cabar · cabbra · cabrra · carba · cbara · ccabra
  • carry ← acrry · carryy · cary · caryr · ccarry · crary

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cabra" and "carry" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cabra" is a noun and "carry" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cabra" vs "carry" - which ranks higher?
"cabra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,222 in our Portuguese list, against #25,925 for "carry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "cabra" vs "carry" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "carry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabra" and "carry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cárie vs carry". 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 #29,528 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