Which to use
“cair” is a verb and “cara” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,522
- “cair” frequency rank
- #195
- “cara” frequency rank
- 1717
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cair | cara |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dar queda | em direção a, para, contra |
Letter map: cair vs cara
Shared letters muted; letters that set cair and cara apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cair / cara
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cair is averb and caraapreposition. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1717, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cair is recorded at frequency rank #1,522, classified as averb. cara is at rank #195, tagged as aprep.
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 1717, this pair ranks #73,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cair vs cara
Shared letters: acr. Private to "cair": i. Private to "cara": -.
"cair" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "cara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cair" and "cara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cair" or "cara"?
What to do next
Pair "cair" vs "cara" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cair" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cair" and "cara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cair vs coagir". 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 #73,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.