Which to use
“cabrão” is a noun and “cabrito” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,163
- “cabrão” frequency rank
- #31,270
- “cabrito” frequency rank
- 69433
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabrão | cabrito |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o macho da cabra; bode | que tem chifres curtos e virados |
Where the eye mixes cabrão and cabrito
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cabrão runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against cabrito's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cabrão and cabrito
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cabrão is /kɐ.ˈbɾɐ̃w̃/ while cabrito is /kɐ.ˈbɾi.tu/. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabrão is recorded at frequency rank #38,163, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈbɾɐ̃w̃/. cabrito is at rank #31,270, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɐ.ˈbɾi.tu/.
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 69433, this pair ranks #3,951 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cabrão vs cabrito
Shared letters: abcor. Private to "cabrão": ã. Private to "cabrito": it.
"cabrão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "cabrito" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabrito ← acbrito · cabbrito · cabirto · cabriot · cabritto · cabrrito · cabrtio · carbito
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabrão" and "cabrito" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cabrão" or "cabrito" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cabrão" and "cabrito" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabrão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabrito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,951 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabrão" and "cabrito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabrão vs caução". 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 #3,951 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.