Which to use
“caminho” and “carinho” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #549
- “caminho” frequency rank
- #3,536
- “carinho” frequency rank
- 4085
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caminho | carinho |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | via de comunicação terrestre destinada principalmente ao trânsito rural | gesto afetivo entre dois indivíduos que pode envolver contato físico, ou palavras, ou um simples olhar |
Letter map: caminho vs carinho
Shared letters muted; letters that set caminho and carinho apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. caminho and carinho follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: caminho and carinho
caminho and carinho 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 a single letter - m in “caminho” becomes r in “carinho”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4085, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caminho is recorded at frequency rank #549, classified as anoun. carinho is at rank #3,536, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈɾi.ɲu/.
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 4085, this pair ranks #70,932 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of caminho vs carinho
Shared letters: achino. Private to "caminho": m. Private to "carinho": r.
"caminho" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "carinho" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caminho" for "carinho" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pair "caminho" vs "carinho" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "caminho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carinho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,932 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caminho" and "carinho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carimbo vs carinho". 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 #70,932 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.