chácaravschamadaConfusable pair

Which to use

“chácara” and “chamada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,799
“chácara” frequency rank
#782
“chamada” frequency rank
15581
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chácara chamada
Definition pequena propriedade rural, destinada a agricultura ou a lazer, normalmente próxima a uma cidade ato de chamar

Letter map: chácara vs chamada

Shared letters muted; letters that set chácara and chamada apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
chácara
7 ch
chamada

Corpus notes: chácara and chamada

chácara and chamada are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chácara is recorded at frequency rank #14,799, classified as anoun. chamada is at rank #782, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃɐ.ˈma.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 15581, this pair ranks #56,206 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chácara vs chamada

Shared letters: ach. Private to "chácara": . Private to "chamada": dm.

"chácara" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "chamada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chamadacahmada · cchamada · chaamda · chamaad · chamadda · chamdaa · chammada · chhamada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "chácara" for "chamada" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "chácara" vs "chamada" - which ranks higher?
"chamada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #782 in our Portuguese list, against #14,799 for "chácara". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "chácara" and "chamada".

  • Full dictionary entry for "chácara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chamada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,206 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chácara" and "chamada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chacal vs chácara". 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 #56,206 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list