che vs cite, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#11,600
“che” frequency rank: #23,938
“cite” frequency rank: 35538
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	che	cite
Definition	para expressar desprezo ou que se duvida da verdade do que se esta a ouvir	citar, fazer uma citação

Letter map: che vs cite

Shared letters muted; letters that set che and cite apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

che

4 ch

cite

Role in the sentence - che and cite

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: che is anintj and citeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

che is recorded at frequency rank #11,600, classified as anintj. cite is at rank #23,938, tagged as averb, pronounced /saɪt/.

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 35538, this pair ranks #31,514 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of che vs cite

Shared letters: ce. Private to "che": h. Private to "cite": it.

"che" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "cite" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

cite ← ccite · ciet · citte · ctie · icte

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "che" and "cite" be used interchangeably?

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

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "che" or "cite" show up more?

"che" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,600 in our Portuguese list, against #23,938 for "cite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "che" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "cite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #31,514 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"che" and "cite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ciao vs cite". 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 #31,514 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.