Which to use
“came” and “cap” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,551
- “came” frequency rank
- #7,259
- “cap” frequency rank
- 31810
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | cap |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor | bode ou carneiro, especialmente velho ou castrado |
Where the eye mixes came and cap
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: came vs cap
A purely visual mix-up. came (/ˈkɐ.mi/) and cap (/t͡sap/) 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 31810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
came is recorded at frequency rank #24,551, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ.mi/. cap is at rank #7,259, tagged as anoun, pronounced /t͡sap/.
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 31810, this pair ranks #36,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of came vs cap
Shared letters: ac. Private to "came": em. Private to "cap": p.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cap" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- came ← acme · caem · camme · ccame · cmae
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "cap" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "came" or "cap" show up more?
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 "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cap" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "cap" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "came 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 #36,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.