CaesarvschecarConfusable pair

Quick tell: Caesar is a noun, checar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Caesar” is a noun and “checar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,451
“Caesar” frequency rank
#11,227
“checar” frequency rank
41678
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Caesar checar
Definition César estabelecer a veracidade, correção ou realidade de; conferir, verificar

Letter map: Caesar vs checar

Shared letters muted; letters that set Caesar and checar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Caesar
6 ch
checar

Role in the sentence - Caesar and checar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Caesar is anoun and checaraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Caesar is recorded at frequency rank #30,451, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsiːzər/.. checar is at rank #11,227, tagged as averb.

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 41678, this pair ranks #24,208 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Caesar vs checar

Shared letters: acer. Private to "Caesar": s. Private to "checar": h.

"Caesar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "checar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Caesarcaeasr · caesarr · caesra · casear · ccaesar · ceasar
  • checarcchecar · cehcar · chcear · cheacr · checarr · checcar · checra · chhecar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Caesar" for "checar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Caesar" is a noun and "checar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Caesar" or "checar" show up more?
"checar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,227 in our Portuguese list, against #30,451 for "Caesar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Caesar" and "checar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Caesar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "checar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,208 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Caesar" and "checar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Caesar vs calçar". 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 #24,208 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