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“calhar” and “cassar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,321
“calhar” frequency rank
#34,183
“cassar” frequency rank
44504
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature calhar cassar
Definition coalhar, coagular impedir que produza efeitos, anular, revogar (direitos políticos, mandatos, licenças, etc.):

Letter map: calhar vs cassar

Shared letters muted; letters that set calhar and cassar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. calhar and cassar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
calhar
6 ch
cassar

Pair insight - calhar / cassar

calhar and cassar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44504, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

calhar is recorded at frequency rank #10,321, classified as averb. cassar is at rank #34,183, tagged as averb, pronounced /ka.ˈsaɾ/.

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 44504, this pair ranks #20,970 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of calhar vs cassar

Shared letters: acr. Private to "calhar": hl. Private to "cassar": s.

"calhar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "cassar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • calhar ← aclhar · cahlar · calahr · calharr · calhhar · calhra · callhar · ccalhar
  • cassar ← acssar · casar · casasr · cassarr · cassra · ccassar · csasar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "calhar" and "cassar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "calhar" or "cassar" show up more?
"calhar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,321 in our Portuguese list, against #34,183 for "cassar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "calhar" vs "cassar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "calhar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cassar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,970 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "calhar" and "cassar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassada vs cassar". 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 #20,970 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list