Which to use
“carma” is a noun and “cerca” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,094
- “carma” frequency rank
- #362
- “cerca” frequency rank
- 32456
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carma | cerca |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | perto, nas proximidades, na cercania |
Where the eye mixes carma and cerca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: carma vs cerca
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: carma is /ˈkɐɾmɐ/ while cerca is /ˈseɾ.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 (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32456, 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/. cerca is at rank #362, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈseɾ.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 32456, this pair ranks #35,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carma vs cerca
Shared letters: acr. Private to "carma": m. Private to "cerca": e.
"carma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "cerca" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carma" and "cerca" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "carma" or "cerca" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "carma" and "cerca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cerca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carma" and "cerca" 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 #35,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.