Which to use
“chapada” and “charada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,974
- “chapada” frequency rank
- #34,196
- “charada” frequency rank
- 44170
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chapada | charada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | área de terra de dimensões consideráveis, situada a uma certa altitude, cujo topo é relativamente plano, limitada por nítidas rupturas de declive, formando às vezes escarpas abruptas | enigma no qual se deve adivinhar uma palavra (ou expressão) longa que foi decomposta em diversas partes |
Where the eye mixes chapada and charada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between chapada and charada
A purely visual mix-up. chapada (/ʃɐ.ˈpa.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 - p in “chapada” becomes r in “charada”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chapada is recorded at frequency rank #9,974, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃɐ.ˈpa.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 44170, this pair ranks #21,369 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of chapada vs charada
Shared letters: acdh. Private to "chapada": p. Private to "charada": r.
"chapada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV · "charada" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "chapada" for "charada" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "chapada" 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 #21,369 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chapada" 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 #21,369 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.