Which to use
“cadeira” and “chaleira” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,820
- “cadeira” frequency rank
- #40,039
- “chaleira” frequency rank
- 42859
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadeira | chaleira |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | objeto do mobiliário sobre o qual se assenta, normalmente composta por quatro pés, um assento e um encosto | vaso metálico ou cerâmico, por vezes elétrico, onde se aquece ou ferve água |
Where the eye mixes cadeira and chaleira
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cadeira runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against chaleira's 8 (CCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cadeira and chaleira
A purely visual mix-up. cadeira (/kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/) and chaleira (/ʃɐ.ˈlɐj.ɾɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadeira is recorded at frequency rank #2,820, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɾɐ/. chaleira is at rank #40,039, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃɐ.ˈlɐj.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 42859, this pair ranks #22,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cadeira vs chaleira
Shared letters: aceir. Private to "cadeira": d. Private to "chaleira": hl.
"cadeira" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "chaleira" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cadeira" and "chaleira" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cadeira" vs "chaleira" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cadeira" and "chaleira" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadeira" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaleira" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadeira" and "chaleira" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chaleira vs clareira". 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 #22,853 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.