Which to use
“cake” and “cárie” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,293
- “cake” frequency rank
- #40,971
- “cárie” frequency rank
- 67264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cake | cárie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bolo | ulceração nos dentes e ossos, que os destrói progressivamente |
Where the eye mixes cake and cárie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. cake runs 4 letters (CVCV) 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 cake with cárie
A purely visual mix-up. cake (/keɪk/) 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 67264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cake is recorded at frequency rank #26,293, classified as anoun, pronounced /keɪk/. 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 67264, this pair ranks #4,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cake vs cárie
Shared letters: ce. Private to "cake": ak. Private to "cárie": irá.
"cake" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cárie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cake ← acke · caek · cakke · ccake · ckae
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cake" for "cárie" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cake" vs "cárie" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cake" 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 #4,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cake" 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 #4,698 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.