Which to use
“caça” is a noun and “crack” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,823
- “caça” frequency rank
- #11,042
- “crack” frequency rank
- 13865
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caça | crack |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | desporto que consiste em caçar animais | craquear |
Letter map: caça vs crack
Shared letters muted; letters that set caça and crack apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: caça vs crack
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caça is anoun and crackaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13865, 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/. crack is at rank #11,042, 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 13865, this pair ranks #58,351 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of caça vs crack
Shared letters: ac. Private to "caça": ç. Private to "crack": kr.
"caça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "crack" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- crack ← carck · ccrack · cracck · crackk · crakc · crcak · crrack · rcack
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caça" for "crack" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "caça" or "crack" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "caça" vs "crack" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "caça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "crack" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,351 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caça" and "crack" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "crack vs crawl". 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 #58,351 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.