Which to use
“cair” is a verb and “chi” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,522
- “cair” frequency rank
- #10,328
- “chi” frequency rank
- 11850
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cair | chi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dar queda | quem |
Letter map: cair vs chi
Shared letters muted; letters that set cair and chi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for cair / chi
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cair is averb and chiapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cair is recorded at frequency rank #1,522, classified as averb. chi is at rank #10,328, tagged as apron.
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 11850, this pair ranks #60,914 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cair vs chi
Shared letters: ci. Private to "cair": ar. Private to "chi": h.
"cair" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "chi" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cair ← acir · cairr · cari · ccair · ciar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cair" and "chi" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cair" vs "chi" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "cair" and "chi". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cair" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,914 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cair" and "chi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chau vs chi". 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 #60,914 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.