Which to use
“cais” is a noun and “chi” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,845
- “cais” frequency rank
- #10,328
- “chi” frequency rank
- 21173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cais | chi |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | quem |
Letter map: cais vs chi
Shared letters muted; letters that set cais and chi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - cais and chi
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cais is anoun and chiapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21173, 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/. 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 21173, this pair ranks #49,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cais vs chi
Shared letters: ci. Private to "cais": as. Private to "chi": h.
"cais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "chi" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cais ← acis · caiss · casi · ccais · cias
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cais" and "chi" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cais" vs "chi" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "cais" vs "chi" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cais" 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 #49,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cais" 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 #49,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.