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

#4,882
“camada” frequency rank
#28,498
“cevada” frequency rank
33380
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature camada cevada
Definition porção de matéria uniformemente disposta sobre outra planta (Hordeum vulgare) da família das gramíneas, cultivada como cereal

Letter map: camada vs cevada

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

6 ch
camada
6 ch
cevada

Corpus notes: camada and cevada

camada and cevada 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 33380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

camada is recorded at frequency rank #4,882, classified as anoun. cevada is at rank #28,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɨ.ˈva.dɐ/.

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 33380, this pair ranks #34,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of camada vs cevada

Shared letters: acd. Private to "camada": m. Private to "cevada": ev.

"camada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cevada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • camada ← acmada · caamda · camaad · camadda · camdaa · cammada · ccamada · cmaada
  • cevada ← ccevada · ceavda · cevaad · cevadda · cevdaa · cevvada · cveada · ecvada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "camada" and "cevada" be used interchangeably?
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.
Frequency check: "camada" vs "cevada" - which ranks higher?
"camada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,882 in our Portuguese list, against #28,498 for "cevada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "camada" and "cevada".

  • Full dictionary entry for "camada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cevada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "camada" and "cevada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerda vs cevada". 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 #34,170 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