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“cadarço” and “caderno” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#38,605
“cadarço” frequency rank
#6,740
“caderno” frequency rank
45345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cadarço caderno
Definition fio de seda e tecido de seda de inferior qualidade; seda basta uma certa quantidade de folhas de papel unidas e por vezes encapadas como se fossem um livro

Letter map: cadarço vs caderno

Shared letters muted; letters that set cadarço and caderno apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. cadarço and caderno follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
cadarço
7 ch
caderno

Pair insight - cadarço / caderno

cadarço and caderno are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cadarço is recorded at frequency rank #38,605, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.'daɾ.sʊ/ ou /kɐ.'daɾ.θʊ/. caderno is at rank #6,740, 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 45345, this pair ranks #20,057 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cadarço vs caderno

Shared letters: acdor. Private to "cadarço": ç. Private to "caderno": en.

"cadarço" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "caderno" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • caderno ← acderno · cadderno · cadenro · cadernno · caderon · caderrno · cadreno · caedrno

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cadarço" for "caderno" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "cadarço" vs "caderno" - which ranks higher?
"caderno" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,740 in our Portuguese list, against #38,605 for "cadarço". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "cadarço" and "caderno". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cadarço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "caderno" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,057 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cadarço" and "caderno" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cadarço vs catarro". 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 #20,057 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