che vs chore, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#11,600
“che” frequency rank: #12,012
“chore” frequency rank: 23612
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	che	chore
Definition	para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir	tarefa, especialmente uma difícil, desagradável, ou de rotina

Letter map: che vs chore

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

3 ch

che

5 ch

chore

Role in the sentence - che and chore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: che is anintj and choreanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23612, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

che is recorded at frequency rank #11,600, classified as anintj. chore is at rank #12,012, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tʃɔː/.

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 23612, this pair ranks #46,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of che vs chore

Shared letters: ceh. Private to "che": -. Private to "chore": or.

"che" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "chore" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

chore ← cchore · chhore · choer · chorre · chroe · cohre · hcore

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

Which is more common, "che" or "chore"?

"che" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,600 in our Portuguese list, against #12,012 for "chore". 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 "chore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #46,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"che" and "chore" 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 #46,188 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.