Which to use
“cego” is an adjective and “chão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,606
- “cego” frequency rank
- #1,140
- “chão” frequency rank
- 6746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cego | chão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que não vê; desprovido de visão | corda |
Letter map: cego vs chão
Shared letters muted; letters that set cego and chão apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for cego / chão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cego is anadjective and chãoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cego is recorded at frequency rank #5,606, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈsɛ.gu/. chão is at rank #1,140, 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 6746, this pair ranks #67,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cego vs chão
Shared letters: co. Private to "cego": eg. Private to "chão": hã.
"cego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "chão" · 4 letters · shape CCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cego ← ccego · ceggo · ceog · cgeo · ecgo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cego" and "chão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cego" or "chão" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "cego" and "chão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cego" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cego" and "chão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cego vs ciao". 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 #67,608 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.