Which to use
“careca” is an adjective and “casaca” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,848
- “careca” frequency rank
- #37,223
- “casaca” frequency rank
- 48071
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | careca | casaca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | falta de cabelo na cabeça; calvo | 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 careca and casaca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. careca and casaca follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between careca and casaca
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: careca is /kɐ.ˈɾɛ.kɐ/ while casaca is /kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
careca is recorded at frequency rank #10,848, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɐ.ˈɾɛ.kɐ/. 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 48071, this pair ranks #17,137 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of careca vs casaca
Shared letters: ac. Private to "careca": er. Private to "casaca": s.
"careca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "casaca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "careca" for "casaca" ever safe?
Which is more common, "careca" or "casaca"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "careca" and "casaca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "careca" 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 #17,137 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "careca" 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 #17,137 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.