Which to use
“caraças” is an intj and “casaca” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,314
- “caraças” frequency rank
- #37,223
- “casaca” frequency rank
- 70537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caraças | casaca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | expressa ironia, admiração ou impaciência | paletó curto na frente, na altura da cintura e comprido atrás, com duas abas; vestuário de origem europeia e usado pelos aristocratas |
Where the eye mixes caraças and casaca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. caraças runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against casaca's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: caraças vs casaca
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caraças is /kɐ.ˈɾa.sɐʃ/ while casaca is /kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caraças is recorded at frequency rank #33,314, classified as anintj, pronounced /kɐ.ˈɾa.sɐʃ/. casaca is at rank #37,223, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/.
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 70537, this pair ranks #3,594 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caraças vs casaca
Shared letters: acs. Private to "caraças": rç. Private to "casaca": -.
"caraças" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "casaca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casaca ← acsaca · caasca · casaac · casacca · cascaa · cassaca · ccasaca · csaaca
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caraças" for "casaca" ever safe?
Which is more common, "caraças" or "casaca"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "caraças" and "casaca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caraças" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casaca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,594 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caraças" and "casaca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casaca vs cassada". 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 #3,594 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.