Which to use
“cálcio” and “caldo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,642
- “cálcio” frequency rank
- #13,677
- “caldo” frequency rank
- 26319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cálcio | caldo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | elemento químico de símbolo Ca, número atômico 20 e massa atômica relativa 40,078; não é encontrado livre na natureza, apesar de ser o quinto elemento mais abundante do planeta; é encontrado na forma de carbonatos, sulfatos, fluoretos, fosfatos, silicatos e boratos, como mármore, giz, pedra e cal; tem importantes aplicações nas ligas de chumbo e alumínio e como desoxidante de ferro, aço e cobre | alimento líquido que se prepara cozendo em água substâncias alimentícias |
Where the eye mixes cálcio and caldo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cálcio runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against caldo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cálcio vs caldo
A purely visual mix-up. cálcio (/ˈkałsju/) and caldo (/ˈkaɫ.du/) 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 26319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cálcio is recorded at frequency rank #12,642, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkałsju/. caldo is at rank #13,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaɫ.du/.
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 26319, this pair ranks #42,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cálcio vs caldo
Shared letters: clo. Private to "cálcio": iá. Private to "caldo": ad.
"cálcio" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "caldo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- caldo ← acldo · cadlo · calddo · calldo · calod · ccaldo · clado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cálcio" and "caldo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cálcio" or "caldo" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cálcio" and "caldo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cálcio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caldo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cálcio" and "caldo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagão vs caldo". 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 #42,870 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.