Which to use
“carga” and “carrão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,309
- “carga” frequency rank
- #30,869
- “carrão” frequency rank
- 33178
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carga | carrão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o que pode ser ou é transportado por pessoas, animais ou veículos | andorinhão-real, (Tachymarptis melba) |
Where the eye mixes carga and carrão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. carga runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against carrão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between carga and carrão
A purely visual mix-up. carga (/ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/) and carrão (singular: /ka.'raŋ/ ou /ka.'raw/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33178, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carga is recorded at frequency rank #2,309, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaɾ.ɡɐ/. carrão is at rank #30,869, tagged as anoun, pronounced singular: /ka.'raŋ/ ou /ka.'raw/.
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 33178, this pair ranks #34,406 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carga vs carrão
Shared letters: acr. Private to "carga": g. Private to "carrão": oã.
"carga" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "carrão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- carga ← acrga · cagra · carag · cargga · carrga · ccarga · craga
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "carga" for "carrão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "carga" vs "carrão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "carga" and "carrão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carrão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,406 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carga" and "carrão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrão vs caução". 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 #34,406 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.