Which to use
“came” and “cárie” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,551
- “came” frequency rank
- #40,971
- “cárie” frequency rank
- 65522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | cárie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor | ulceração nos dentes e ossos, que os destrói progressivamente |
Where the eye mixes came and cárie
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. came runs 4 letters (CVCV) against cárie's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: came vs cárie
A purely visual mix-up. came (/ˈkɐ.mi/) and cárie (/ˈka.ɾji/) 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 65522, 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/. cárie is at rank #40,971, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.ɾji/.
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 65522, this pair ranks #5,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of came vs cárie
Shared letters: ce. Private to "came": am. Private to "cárie": irá.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cárie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- came ← acme · caem · camme · ccame · cmae
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "cárie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "came" vs "cárie" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cárie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "cárie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cárie vs carpet". 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 #5,337 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.