Which to use
“cara” is a preposition and “cri” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #195
- “cara” frequency rank
- #28,523
- “cri” frequency rank
- 28718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cara | cri |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em direção a, para, contra | povo indígena da América do Norte, que habitava desde as montanhas Rochosas até o oceano Atlântico, tanto nos Estados Unidos da América quanto no Canadá |
Letter map: cara vs cri
Shared letters muted; letters that set cara and cri apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - cara and cri
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cara is apreposition and crianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cara is recorded at frequency rank #195, classified as aprep. cri is at rank #28,523, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾi/.
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 28718, this pair ranks #40,081 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cara vs cri
Shared letters: cr. Private to "cara": a. Private to "cri": i.
"cara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cri" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cara ← acra · caar · carra · ccara · craa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cara" for "cri" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've compared "cara" and "cri". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cri" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,081 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cara" and "cri" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coin vs cri". 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 #40,081 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.