chase vs chat, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#10,327
“chase” frequency rank: #6,996
“chat” frequency rank: 17323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	chase	chat
Definition	caçada	gato

Where the eye mixes chase and chat

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch

chase

4 ch

chat

Visual trap between chase and chat

A purely visual mix-up. chase (/tʃeɪs/, SAMPA: /tSeIs/) and chat (/ʃa/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

chase is recorded at frequency rank #10,327, classified as anoun, pronounced /tʃeɪs/, SAMPA: /tSeIs/. chat is at rank #6,996, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃa/.

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 17323, this pair ranks #53,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of chase vs chat

Shared letters: ach. Private to "chase": es. Private to "chat": t.

"chase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "chat" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

chase ← cahse · cchase · chaes · chasse · chhase · chsae · hcase
chat ← caht · cchat · chatt · chhat · chta · hcat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "chase" for "chat" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (/tʃeɪs/, SAMPA: /tSeIs/ versus /ʃa/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "chase" vs "chat" - which ranks higher?

"chat" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,996 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "chase" and "chat" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "chase" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "chat" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #53,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"chase" and "chat" 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 #53,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.