Which to use
“carma” and “carrão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,094
- “carma” frequency rank
- #30,869
- “carrão” frequency rank
- 62963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carma | carrão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | segundo o hinduísmo e o budismo, a lei de causa e efeito, na qual todas as ações, boas ou más, de uma pessoa geram reações correspondentes nesta vida ou em encarnações futuras | andorinhão-real, (Tachymarptis melba) |
Where the eye mixes carma and carrão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. carma 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.
Why the eye confuses carma with carrão
A purely visual mix-up. carma (/ˈkɐɾmɐ/) 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 62963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carma is recorded at frequency rank #32,094, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐɾmɐ/. 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 62963, this pair ranks #6,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carma vs carrão
Shared letters: acr. Private to "carma": m. Private to "carrão": oã.
"carma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "carrão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- carma ← acrma · camra · caram · carmma · carrma · ccarma · crama
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "carma" for "carrão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "carma" vs "carrão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "carma" 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 #6,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carma" and "carrão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carma vs cerda". 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 #6,425 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.