Which to use
“cargos” and “carnes” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,049
- “cargos” frequency rank
- #14,794
- “carnes” frequency rank
- 18843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cargos | carnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural de cargo | plural de carne |
Letter map: cargos vs carnes
Shared letters muted; letters that set cargos and carnes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cargos and carnes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on cargos vs carnes
cargos and carnes are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cargos is recorded at frequency rank #4,049, classified as anoun. carnes is at rank #14,794, tagged as anoun.
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 18843, this pair ranks #52,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cargos vs carnes
Shared letters: acrs. Private to "cargos": go. Private to "carnes": en.
"cargos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cargos" for "carnes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cargos" vs "carnes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "cargos" vs "carnes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cargos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cargos" and "carnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carnes vs Ceres". 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 #52,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.