CaíquevschoqueTell them apart

Which to use

“Caíque” and “choque” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,239
“Caíque” frequency rank
#2,996
“choque” frequency rank
48235
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Caíque choque
Definition prenome masculino colisão

Where the eye mixes Caíque and choque

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
Caíque
6 ch
choque

Look-alike desk: Caíque vs choque

A purely visual mix-up. Caíque (/kaˈi.ki/) and choque (/ˈʃɔ.kɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Caíque is recorded at frequency rank #45,239, classified as anoun, pronounced /kaˈi.ki/. choque is at rank #2,996, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃɔ.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 48235, this pair ranks #16,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Caíque vs choque

Shared letters: cequ. Private to "Caíque": . Private to "choque": ho.

"Caíque" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV  ·  "choque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choquecchoque · chhoque · choqeu · choqque · chouqe · chqoue · cohque · hcoque

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Caíque" for "choque" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/kaˈi.ki/ versus /ˈʃɔ.kɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Caíque" vs "choque" - which ranks higher?
"choque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,996 in our Portuguese list, against #45,239 for "Caíque". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Caíque" and "choque" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Caíque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "choque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Caíque" and "choque" 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 #16,967 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