Which to use
“cevada” and “chegada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,498
- “cevada” frequency rank
- #1,842
- “chegada” frequency rank
- 30340
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cevada | chegada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | planta (Hordeum vulgare) da família das gramíneas, cultivada como cereal | o ato de chegar |
Where the eye mixes cevada and chegada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cevada runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against chegada's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cevada and chegada
A purely visual mix-up. cevada (/sɨ.ˈva.dɐ/) and chegada (/ʃɨ.ˈɡa.dɐ/) 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 30340, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cevada is recorded at frequency rank #28,498, classified as anoun, pronounced /sɨ.ˈva.dɐ/. chegada is at rank #1,842, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃɨ.ˈɡa.dɐ/.
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 30340, this pair ranks #38,042 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cevada vs chegada
Shared letters: acde. Private to "cevada": v. Private to "chegada": gh.
"cevada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "chegada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cevada" for "chegada" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cevada" vs "chegada" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cevada" and "chegada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cevada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chegada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,042 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cevada" and "chegada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cerda vs cevada". 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 #38,042 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.