Which to use
“caçar” is a verb and “cama” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,115
- “caçar” frequency rank
- #982
- “cama” frequency rank
- 8097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caçar | cama |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | perseguir uma presa e, usualmente, matá-la | móvel, normalmente plano e macio, usado para dormir |
Where the eye mixes caçar and cama
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. caçar runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against cama's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: caçar vs cama
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caçar is /kɐ.ˈsaɾ/ while cama is /ˈkɐ.mɐ/. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caçar is recorded at frequency rank #7,115, classified as averb, pronounced /kɐ.ˈsaɾ/. cama is at rank #982, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ.mɐ/.
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 8097, this pair ranks #65,801 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of caçar vs cama
Shared letters: ac. Private to "caçar": rç. Private to "cama": m.
"caçar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cama ← acma · caam · camma · ccama · cmaa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caçar" and "cama" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "caçar" or "cama" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "caçar" and "cama" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caçar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cama" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,801 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caçar" and "cama" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caçar 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 #65,801 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.