Which to use
“cara” is a preposition and “causa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #195
- “cara” frequency rank
- #340
- “causa” frequency rank
- 535
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cara | causa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em direção a, para, contra | aquilo ou aquele que ocasiona um acontecimento ou faz que uma coisa exista |
Letter map: cara vs causa
Shared letters muted; letters that set cara and causa apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cara / causa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cara is apreposition and causaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 535, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cara is recorded at frequency rank #195, classified as aprep. causa is at rank #340, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaw.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 535, this pair ranks #75,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cara vs causa
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cara": r. Private to "causa": su.
"cara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "causa" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cara" for "causa" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cara" vs "causa" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cara" and "causa".
- Full dictionary entry for "cara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "causa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cara" and "causa" 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 #75,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.