chácaravschecarConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#14,799
“chácara” frequency rank
#11,227
“checar” frequency rank
26026
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chácara checar
Definition pequena propriedade rural, destinada a agricultura ou a lazer, normalmente próxima a uma cidade estabelecer a veracidade, correção ou realidade de; conferir, verificar

Letter map: chácara vs checar

Shared letters muted; letters that set chácara and checar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. chácara runs 7 letters (CCVCVCV) against checar's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
chácara
6 ch
checar

Role in the sentence - chácara and checar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chácara is anoun and checaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chácara is recorded at frequency rank #14,799, classified as anoun. checar is at rank #11,227, tagged as averb.

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 26026, this pair ranks #43,197 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chácara vs checar

Shared letters: achr. Private to "chácara": á. Private to "checar": e.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • checar ← cchecar · cehcar · chcear · cheacr · checarr · checcar · checra · chhecar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "chácara" and "checar" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chácara" is a noun and "checar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "chácara" vs "checar" - which ranks higher?
"checar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,227 in our Portuguese list, against #14,799 for "chácara". 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 "checar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "chácara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "checar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,197 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chácara" and "checar" 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 #43,197 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