Which to use
“cais” and “cria” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,845
- “cais” frequency rank
- #2,414
- “cria” frequency rank
- 13259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cais | cria |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | animal de mama |
Where the eye mixes cais and cria
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cais vs cria
A purely visual mix-up. cais (/ˈkajʃ/) and cria (/ˈkɾi.ɐ/) 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 13259, 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/. cria is at rank #2,414, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾi.ɐ/.
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 13259, this pair ranks #59,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cais vs cria
Shared letters: aci. Private to "cais": s. Private to "cria": r.
"cais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "cria" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cais" and "cria" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cais" or "cria"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cais" and "cria" 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 "cria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cais" and "cria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cais 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 #59,156 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.