Which to use
“cárie” and “carpet” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,971
- “cárie” frequency rank
- #40,465
- “carpet” frequency rank
- 81436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cárie | carpet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ulceração nos dentes e ossos, que os destrói progressivamente | tapete |
Where the eye mixes cárie and carpet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cárie runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against carpet's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cárie and carpet
A purely visual mix-up. cárie (/ˈka.ɾji/) and carpet (/ˈkɑːpɪt/ ou /ˈkɑɹpɪt/) 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 81436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cárie is recorded at frequency rank #40,971, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.ɾji/. carpet is at rank #40,465, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɑːpɪt/ ou /ˈkɑɹpɪt/.
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 81436, this pair ranks #1,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cárie vs carpet
Shared letters: cer. Private to "cárie": iá. Private to "carpet": apt.
"cárie" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "carpet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- carpet ← acrpet · capret · carept · carpett · carppet · carpte · carrpet · ccarpet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cárie" for "carpet" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cárie" or "carpet"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cárie" and "carpet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cárie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carpet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cárie" and "carpet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "capeta vs carpet". 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 #1,170 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.