cadêvscauleTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,377
“cadê” frequency rank
#35,921
“caule” frequency rank
39298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cadê caule
Definition expressão interrogativa usada para perguntar onde algo ou alguém está a parte aérea do eixo principal das plantas superiores, ligada à raiz, e da qual se desenvolvem os ramos e as folhas

Letter map: cadê vs caule

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

4 ch
cadê
5 ch
caule

Grammar separator: cadê vs caule

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cadê is apronoun and cauleanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cadê is recorded at frequency rank #3,377, classified as apron. caule is at rank #35,921, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaw.lɨ/.

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 39298, this pair ranks #26,995 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cadê vs caule

Shared letters: ac. Private to "cadê": . Private to "caule": elu.

"cadê" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "caule" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cauleacule · calue · cauel · caulle · ccaule · cuale

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cadê" and "caule" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cadê" is a pronoun and "caule" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cadê" or "caule"?
"cadê" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,377 in our Portuguese list, against #35,921 for "caule". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cadê" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "caule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,995 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cadê" and "caule" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cárie vs caule". 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 #26,995 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