Which to use
“cacete” is an adjective and “careta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,663
- “cacete” frequency rank
- #23,598
- “careta” frequency rank
- 34261
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cacete | careta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | maçador; importuno; impertinente; aborrecido | não drogado ou alcoolizado; sóbrio |
Letter map: cacete vs careta
Shared letters muted; letters that set cacete and careta apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cacete and careta follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for cacete / careta
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cacete is anadjective and caretaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34261, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cacete is recorded at frequency rank #10,663, classified as anadj. careta is at rank #23,598, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈɾe.tɐ/.
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 34261, this pair ranks #33,062 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cacete vs careta
Shared letters: acet. Private to "cacete": -. Private to "careta": r.
"cacete" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "careta" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cacete" and "careta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cacete" or "careta"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cacete" and "careta".
- Full dictionary entry for "cacete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "careta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,062 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cacete" and "careta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "careta vs carrera". 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 #33,062 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.