caiaquevscliqueTell them apart

Quick tell: caiaque is a noun, clique is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“caiaque” is a noun and “clique” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,868
“caiaque” frequency rank
#1,702
“clique” frequency rank
43570
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caiaque clique
Definition barco a remo de origem esquimó para apenas uma pessoa, kayak. onomatopeia que representa som breve e seco

Where the eye mixes caiaque and clique

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
caiaque
6 ch
clique

Visual trap between caiaque and clique

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caiaque is /kaj.ˈja.ki/ while clique is /ˈkli.kɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43570, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caiaque is recorded at frequency rank #41,868, classified as anoun, pronounced /kaj.ˈja.ki/. clique is at rank #1,702, tagged as anintj, pronounced /ˈkli.kɨ/.

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 43570, this pair ranks #22,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caiaque vs clique

Shared letters: ceiqu. Private to "caiaque": a. Private to "clique": l.

"caiaque" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCVV  ·  "clique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • caiaqueaciaque · caaique · caiaqeu · caiaqque · caiauqe · caiqaue · ccaiaque · ciaaque
  • cliquecclique · cilque · cliqeu · cliqque · cliuqe · cllique · clqiue · lcique

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "caiaque" for "clique" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "caiaque" is a noun and "clique" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "caiaque" vs "clique" - which ranks higher?
"clique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,702 in our Portuguese list, against #41,868 for "caiaque". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caiaque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caiaque" and "clique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caiaque vs Caíque". 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 #22,047 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