Which to use
“cara” is a preposition and “casa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #195
- “cara” frequency rank
- #91
- “casa” frequency rank
- 286
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cara | casa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em direção a, para, contra | construção que serve de moradia |
Letter map: cara vs casa
Shared letters muted; letters that set cara and casa apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cara / casa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cara is apreposition and casaanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “cara” becomes s in “casa”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 286, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cara is recorded at frequency rank #195, classified as aprep. casa is at rank #91, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.zɐ/.
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 286, this pair ranks #75,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cara vs casa
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cara": r. Private to "casa": s.
"cara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cara" for "casa" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cara" or "casa" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "cara" vs "casa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cara" and "casa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cara vs cerda". 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 #75,352 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.