Which to use
“cara” is a preposition and “cerda” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #195
- “cara” frequency rank
- #47,775
- “cerda” frequency rank
- 47970
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cara | cerda |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em direção a, para, contra | que é porca, suja |
Letter map: cara vs cerda
Shared letters muted; letters that set cara and cerda apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - cara and cerda
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cara is apreposition and cerdaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47970, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cara is recorded at frequency rank #195, classified as aprep. cerda is at rank #47,775, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈseɾ.dɐ/.
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 47970, this pair ranks #17,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cara vs cerda
Shared letters: acr. Private to "cara": -. Private to "cerda": de.
"cara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cerda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cara" and "cerda" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cara" or "cerda"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "cara" and "cerda". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cerda" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cara" and "cerda" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerda vs Ceres". 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 #17,254 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.