chácaravschamarWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: chácara is a noun, chamar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“chácara” is a noun and “chamar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,799
“chácara” frequency rank
#884
“chamar” frequency rank
15683
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chácara chamar
Definition pequena propriedade rural, destinada a agricultura ou a lazer, normalmente próxima a uma cidade solicitar a atenção ou a aproximação de alguém ou de algum animal (com palavras ou sinais)

Letter map: chácara vs chamar

Shared letters muted; letters that set chácara and chamar apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. chácara runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against chamar's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
chácara
6 ch
chamar

Grammar separator: chácara vs chamar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chácara is anoun and chamaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chácara is recorded at frequency rank #14,799, classified as anoun. chamar is at rank #884, tagged as averb, pronounced /ʃɐ.ˈmaɾ/.

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 15683, this pair ranks #56,072 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chácara vs chamar

Shared letters: achr. Private to "chácara": á. Private to "chamar": m.

"chácara" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "chamar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chamar ← cahmar · cchamar · chaamr · chamarr · chammar · chamra · chhamar · chmaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "chácara" and "chamar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chácara" is a noun and "chamar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "chácara" or "chamar" show up more?
"chamar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #884 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "chácara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chamar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #56,072 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chácara" and "chamar" 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 #56,072 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