Which to use
“cais” and “cárie” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,845
- “cais” frequency rank
- #40,971
- “cárie” frequency rank
- 51816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cais | cárie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lugar à beira-mar, na margem do rio, nas estações de caminho-de-ferro ou do metropolitano apropriado para o embarque e desembarque de pessoas ou mercadorias | ulceração nos dentes e ossos, que os destrói progressivamente |
Where the eye mixes cais and cárie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cais runs 4 letters (CVVC) against cárie's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses cais with cárie
A purely visual mix-up. cais (/ˈkajʃ/) and cárie (/ˈka.ɾji/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cais is recorded at frequency rank #10,845, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkajʃ/. cárie is at rank #40,971, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.ɾji/.
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 51816, this pair ranks #13,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cais vs cárie
Shared letters: ci. Private to "cais": as. Private to "cárie": erá.
"cais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "cárie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cais ← acis · caiss · casi · ccais · cias
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cais" and "cárie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cais" vs "cárie" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cais" and "cárie" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cárie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cais" and "cárie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cárie vs carpet". 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 #13,288 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.