camavsclaraConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#982
“cama” frequency rank
#1,701
“clara” frequency rank
2683
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cama clara
Definition móvel, normalmente plano e macio, usado para dormir porção albuminosa do ovo

Letter map: cama vs clara

Shared letters muted; letters that set cama and clara apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
cama
5 ch
clara

Spelling & dictionary notes on cama vs clara

cama and clara 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cama is recorded at frequency rank #982, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ.mɐ/. clara is at rank #1,701, tagged as anoun.

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 2683, this pair ranks #72,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cama vs clara

Shared letters: ac. Private to "cama": m. Private to "clara": lr.

"cama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "clara" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • camaacma · caam · camma · ccama · cmaa
  • claracalra · cclara · claar · clarra · cllara · clraa · lcara

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cama" and "clara" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, 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 "cama" or "clara" show up more?
"cama" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #982 in our Portuguese list, against #1,701 for "clara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "cama" vs "clara" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,617 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cama" and "clara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cama vs cham". 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 #72,617 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