cadavscamadaConfusable pair

Quick tell: cada is a pronoun, camada is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cada” is a pronoun and “camada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#144
“cada” frequency rank
#4,882
“camada” frequency rank
5026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cada camada
Definition indica, individualizando, um elemento de um grupo ou conjunto: porção de matéria uniformemente disposta sobre outra

Letter map: cada vs camada

Shared letters muted; letters that set cada and camada apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
cada
6 ch
camada

Role in the sentence - cada and camada

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cada is apronoun and camadaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cada is recorded at frequency rank #144, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈkɐ.dɐ/. camada is at rank #4,882, tagged as anoun.

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 5026, this pair ranks #69,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cada vs camada

Shared letters: acd. Private to "cada": -. Private to "camada": m.

"cada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "camada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cadaacda · caad · cadda · ccada · cdaa
  • camadaacmada · caamda · camaad · camadda · camdaa · cammada · ccamada · cmaada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cada" and "camada" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cada" is a pronoun and "camada" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cada" or "camada" show up more?
"cada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #144 in our Portuguese list, against #4,882 for "camada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cada" and "camada".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "camada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cada" and "camada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "camada 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 #69,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list