Which to use
“cais” and “coin” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,845
- “cais” frequency rank
- #41,891
- “coin” frequency rank
- 52736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cais | coin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | plural de cù |
Where the eye mixes cais and coin
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cais and coin follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cais vs coin
A purely visual mix-up. cais (/ˈkajʃ/) and coin (/konʲ/) 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 52736, 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/. coin is at rank #41,891, tagged as anoun, pronounced /konʲ/.
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 52736, this pair ranks #12,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cais vs coin
Shared letters: ci. Private to "cais": as. Private to "coin": no.
"cais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "coin" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cais" and "coin" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cais" vs "coin" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "coin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cais" and "coin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coice vs coin". 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 #12,538 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.