Which to use
“chão” is a noun and “cher” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,140
- “chão” frequency rank
- #22,560
- “cher” frequency rank
- 23700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chão | cher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | corda | querido, adorado: |
Letter map: chão vs cher
Shared letters muted; letters that set chão and cher apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for chão / cher
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chão is anoun and cheranadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chão is recorded at frequency rank #1,140, classified as anoun. cher is at rank #22,560, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ʃɛʁ/.
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 23700, this pair ranks #46,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chão vs cher
Shared letters: ch. Private to "chão": oã. Private to "cher": er.
"chão" · 4 letters · shape CCVV · "cher" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cher ← ccher · cehr · cherr · chher · chre · hcer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "chão" and "cher" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "chão" or "cher"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "chão" and "cher".
- Full dictionary entry for "chão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chão" and "cher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cher 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 #46,084 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.