cadêvscakeWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#3,377
“cadê” frequency rank
#26,293
“cake” frequency rank
29670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cadê cake
Definition expressão interrogativa usada para perguntar onde algo ou alguém está bolo

Letter map: cadê vs cake

Shared letters muted; letters that set cadê and cake apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
cadê
4 ch
cake

Grammar separator: cadê vs cake

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cadê is apronoun and cakeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cadê is recorded at frequency rank #3,377, classified as apron. cake is at rank #26,293, tagged as anoun, pronounced /keɪk/.

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 29670, this pair ranks #38,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cadê vs cake

Shared letters: ac. Private to "cadê": . Private to "cake": ek.

"cadê" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cake" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cakeacke · caek · cakke · ccake · ckae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cadê" and "cake" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cadê" is a pronoun and "cake" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cadê" vs "cake" - which ranks higher?
"cadê" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,377 in our Portuguese list, against #26,293 for "cake". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "cadê" and "cake". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cadê" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cake" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,905 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cadê" and "cake" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cake vs cárie". 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 #38,905 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