cape vs che, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“cape” is a noun and “che” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,721
“cape” frequency rank: #11,600
“che” frequency rank: 29321
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	cape	che
Definition	cabo	para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir

Letter map: cape vs che

Shared letters muted; letters that set cape and che apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

cape

3 ch

che

Grammar separator: cape vs che

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cape is anoun and cheanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29321, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cape is recorded at frequency rank #17,721, classified as anoun, pronounced /keɪp/, /keIp/. che is at rank #11,600, tagged as anintj.

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 29321, this pair ranks #39,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cape vs che

Shared letters: ce. Private to "cape": ap. Private to "che": h.

"cape" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "che" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

cape ← acpe · caep · cappe · ccape · cpae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cape" for "che" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cape" is a noun and "che" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cape" or "che" show up more?

"che" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,600 in our Portuguese list, against #17,721 for "cape". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "cape" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "che" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #39,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"cape" and "che" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "che vs chess". 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 #39,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.