Which to use
“came” and “chalé” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,551
- “came” frequency rank
- #23,246
- “chalé” frequency rank
- 47797
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | chalé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de manivelas que estão colocadas sobre um mesmo eixo, usadas para mover o seguidor | casa campestre de madeira ao estilo alpino, normalmente em região montanhosa, cujo telhado apresenta forte caimento e beirais avançados |
Where the eye mixes came and chalé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. came runs 4 letters (CVCV) against chalé's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between came and chalé
A purely visual mix-up. came (/ˈkɐ.mi/) and chalé (/ʃa.ˈlɛ/) 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 47797, 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/. chalé is at rank #23,246, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃa.ˈlɛ/.
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 47797, this pair ranks #17,427 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of came vs chalé
Shared letters: ac. Private to "came": em. Private to "chalé": hlé.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "chalé" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- came ← acme · caem · camme · ccame · cmae
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "came" for "chalé" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "came" or "chalé" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "came" and "chalé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chalé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,427 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "chalé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chalé vs chau". 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 #17,427 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.