Which to use
“carpet” and “carpete” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,465
- “carpet” frequency rank
- #29,267
- “carpete” frequency rank
- 69732
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carpet | carpete |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tapete | grande tapete |
Where the eye mixes carpet and carpete
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. carpet runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against carpete's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between carpet and carpete
A purely visual mix-up. carpet (/ˈkɑːpɪt/ ou /ˈkɑɹpɪt/) and carpete (/kaɾ.ˈpɛ.tɨ/) 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 extra letter(s) - “carpet” sits inside “carpete”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carpet is recorded at frequency rank #40,465, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɑːpɪt/ ou /ˈkɑɹpɪt/. carpete is at rank #29,267, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kaɾ.ˈpɛ.tɨ/.
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 69732, this pair ranks #3,861 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carpet vs carpete
Shared letters: aceprt. Private to "carpet": -. Private to "carpete": -.
"carpet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "carpete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "carpet" for "carpete" ever safe?
Which is more common, "carpet" or "carpete"?
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 "carpet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carpete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,861 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carpet" and "carpete" 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 #3,861 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.