chácaravscharadaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#14,799
“chácara” frequency rank
#34,196
“charada” frequency rank
48995
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chácara charada
Definition pequena propriedade rural, destinada a agricultura ou a lazer, normalmente próxima a uma cidade enigma no qual se deve adivinhar uma palavra (ou expressão) longa que foi decomposta em diversas partes

Letter map: chácara vs charada

Shared letters muted; letters that set chácara and charada apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. chácara and charada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
chácara
7 ch
charada

Spelling & dictionary notes on chácara vs charada

chácara and charada 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 48995, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chácara is recorded at frequency rank #14,799, classified as anoun. charada is at rank #34,196, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃɐ.ˈɾa.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 48995, this pair ranks #16,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of chácara vs charada

Shared letters: achr. Private to "chácara": á. Private to "charada": d.

"chácara" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV  ·  "charada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • charada ← cahrada · ccharada · chaarda · charaad · charadda · chardaa · charrada · chharada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chácara" and "charada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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 "charada" - which ranks higher?
"chácara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,799 in our Portuguese list, against #34,196 for "charada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "chácara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "charada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chácara" and "charada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caraca vs charada". 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 #16,097 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