Which to use
“cadeia” is a noun and “caldeira” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,838
- “cadeia” frequency rank
- #11,820
- “caldeira” frequency rank
- 13658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadeia | caldeira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | local que serve de detenção temporária para criminosos de baixa periculosidade | que tem os cornos baixos |
Where the eye mixes cadeia and caldeira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cadeia runs 6 letters (CVCVVV) against caldeira's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cadeia vs caldeira
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cadeia is /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/ while caldeira is /kaɫ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadeia is recorded at frequency rank #1,838, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/. caldeira is at rank #11,820, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kaɫ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/.
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 13658, this pair ranks #58,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cadeia vs caldeira
Shared letters: acdei. Private to "cadeia": -. Private to "caldeira": lr.
"cadeia" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "caldeira" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cadeia" and "caldeira" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cadeia" or "caldeira" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cadeia" and "caldeira" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadeia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caldeira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadeia" and "caldeira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caldeira vs chaleira". 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 #58,619 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.