Which to use
“caça” and “casaca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,823
- “caça” frequency rank
- #37,223
- “casaca” frequency rank
- 40046
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caça | casaca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | desporto que consiste em caçar animais | paletó curto na frente, na altura da cintura e comprido atrás, com duas abas; vestuário de origem europeia e usado pelos aristocratas |
Where the eye mixes caça and casaca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: caça vs casaca
A purely visual mix-up. caça (/ˈka.sɐ/) and casaca (/kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caça is recorded at frequency rank #2,823, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.sɐ/. casaca is at rank #37,223, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/.
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 40046, this pair ranks #26,111 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caça vs casaca
Shared letters: ac. Private to "caça": ç. Private to "casaca": s.
"caça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "casaca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casaca ← acsaca · caasca · casaac · casacca · cascaa · cassaca · ccasaca · csaaca
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caça" and "casaca" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "caça" or "casaca"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "caça" and "casaca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casaca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,111 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caça" and "casaca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casaca vs cassada". 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 #26,111 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.