chão vs che, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“chão” is a noun and “che” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,140
“chão” frequency rank: #11,600
“che” frequency rank: 12740
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	chão	che
Definition	corda	para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir

Letter map: chão vs che

Shared letters muted; letters that set chão and che apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

chão

3 ch

che

Grammar separator: chão vs che

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chão is anoun and cheanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12740, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chão is recorded at frequency rank #1,140, classified as anoun. che is at rank #11,600, tagged as anintj.

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 12740, this pair ranks #59,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of chão vs che

Shared letters: ch. Private to "chão": oã. Private to "che": e.

"chão" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "che" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "chão" and "che" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "chão" is a noun and "che" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "chão" or "che" show up more?

"chão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,140 in our Portuguese list, against #11,600 for "che". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "chão" vs "che" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "chão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "che" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #59,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"chão" and "che" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "che vs chess". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #59,762 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.