Which to use
“cara” is a preposition and “cria” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #195
- “cara” frequency rank
- #2,414
- “cria” frequency rank
- 2609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cara | cria |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em direção a, para, contra | animal de mama |
Letter map: cara vs cria
Shared letters muted; letters that set cara and cria apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for cara / cria
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cara is apreposition and criaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cara is recorded at frequency rank #195, classified as aprep. cria is at rank #2,414, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɾi.ɐ/.
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 2609, this pair ranks #72,731 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cara vs cria
Shared letters: acr. Private to "cara": -. Private to "cria": i.
"cara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cria" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cara" for "cria" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cara" vs "cria" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "cara" and "cria". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cria" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,731 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cara" and "cria" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerda vs cria". 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 #72,731 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.