chalévschuteConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#23,246
“chalé” frequency rank
#7,881
“chute” frequency rank
31127
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chalé chute
Definition casa campestre de madeira ao estilo alpino, normalmente em região montanhosa, cujo telhado apresenta forte caimento e beirais avançados o ato de chutar

Where the eye mixes chalé and chute

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
chalé
5 ch
chute

Visual trap between chalé and chute

A purely visual mix-up. chalé (/ʃa.ˈlɛ/) and chute (/ˈʃuti/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chalé is recorded at frequency rank #23,246, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃa.ˈlɛ/. chute is at rank #7,881, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃuti/.

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 31127, this pair ranks #37,052 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chalé vs chute

Shared letters: ch. Private to "chalé": alé. Private to "chute": etu.

"chalé" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "chute" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chutecchute · chhute · chtue · chuet · chutte · cuhte · hcute

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chalé" and "chute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ʃa.ˈlɛ/ versus /ˈʃuti/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "chalé" or "chute"?
"chute" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,881 in our Portuguese list, against #23,246 for "chalé". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "chalé" and "chute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chalé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,052 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chalé" and "chute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chalé vs chau". 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 #37,052 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