Which to use
“chamada” and “charada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #782
- “chamada” frequency rank
- #34,196
- “charada” frequency rank
- 34978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chamada | charada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de chamar | enigma no qual se deve adivinhar uma palavra (ou expressão) longa que foi decomposta em diversas partes |
Where the eye mixes chamada and charada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: chamada vs charada
A purely visual mix-up. chamada (/ʃɐ.ˈma.dɐ/) and charada (/ʃɐ.ˈɾa.dɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - m in “chamada” becomes r in “charada”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chamada is recorded at frequency rank #782, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃɐ.ˈma.dɐ/. 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 34978, this pair ranks #32,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chamada vs charada
Shared letters: acdh. Private to "chamada": m. Private to "charada": r.
"chamada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "charada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chamada" and "charada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "chamada" vs "charada" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "chamada" 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 #32,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chamada" 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 #32,165 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.