che vs cheio, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#11,600
“che” frequency rank: #1,424
“cheio” frequency rank: 13024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	che	cheio
Definition	para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir	completamente preenchido; que contém o máximo que pode conter

Letter map: che vs cheio

Shared letters muted; letters that set che and cheio apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch

che

5 ch

cheio

Grammar separator: che vs cheio

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: che is anintj and cheioanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “che” sits inside “cheio”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

che is recorded at frequency rank #11,600, classified as anintj. cheio is at rank #1,424, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈʃɐj.u/.

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 13024, this pair ranks #59,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of che vs cheio

Shared letters: ceh. Private to "che": -. Private to "cheio": io.

"che" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "cheio" · 5 letters · shape CCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

cheio ← ccheio · cehio · cheoi · chheio · chieo · hceio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "che" for "cheio" ever safe?

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

Frequency check: "che" vs "cheio" - which ranks higher?

"cheio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,424 in our Portuguese list, against #11,600 for "che". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "che" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "cheio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #59,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"che" and "cheio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "che 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 #59,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.