Which to use
“cada” is a pronoun and “clã” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #144
- “cada” frequency rank
- #8,588
- “clã” frequency rank
- 8732
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cada | clã |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | indica, individualizando, um elemento de um grupo ou conjunto: | grupo de famílias que se consideram descendentes dos mesmos ancestrais |
Where the eye mixes cada and clã
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cada with clã
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cada is /ˈkɐ.dɐ/ while clã is /ˈklɐ̃/. 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 (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8732, 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/. clã is at rank #8,588, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈklɐ̃/.
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 8732, this pair ranks #64,930 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cada vs clã
Shared letters: c. Private to "cada": ad. Private to "clã": lã.
"cada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "clã" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cada ← acda · caad · cadda · ccada · cdaa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cada" and "clã" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cada" or "clã" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cada" and "clã" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clã" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,930 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cada" and "clã" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chau vs clã". 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 #64,930 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.