chamovschaseTell them apart

Which to use

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

#3,461
“chamo” frequency rank
#10,327
“chase” frequency rank
13788
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature chamo chase
Definition denominação, nome caçada

Letter map: chamo vs chase

Shared letters muted; letters that set chamo and chase apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
chamo
5 ch
chase

Corpus notes: chamo and chase

chamo and chase 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chamo is recorded at frequency rank #3,461, classified as anoun. chase is at rank #10,327, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tʃeɪs/, SAMPA: /tSeIs/.

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 13788, this pair ranks #58,445 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of chamo vs chase

Shared letters: ach. Private to "chamo": mo. Private to "chase": es.

"chamo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "chase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chamocahmo · cchamo · chammo · chaom · chhamo · chmao · hcamo
  • chasecahse · cchase · chaes · chasse · chhase · chsae · hcase

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chamo" and "chase" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "chamo" vs "chase" - which ranks higher?
"chamo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,461 in our Portuguese list, against #10,327 for "chase". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "chamo" vs "chase" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "chamo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,445 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "chamo" and "chase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chase vs chess". 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 #58,445 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