checarvscherWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: checar is a verb, cher is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“checar” is a verb and “cher” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,227
“checar” frequency rank
#22,560
“cher” frequency rank
33787
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature checar cher
Definition estabelecer a veracidade, correção ou realidade de; conferir, verificar querido, adorado:

Letter map: checar vs cher

Shared letters muted; letters that set checar and cher apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
checar
4 ch
cher

Part-of-speech tell for checar / cher

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: checar is averb and cheranadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

checar is recorded at frequency rank #11,227, classified as averb. cher is at rank #22,560, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ʃɛʁ/.

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 33787, this pair ranks #33,625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of checar vs cher

Shared letters: cehr. Private to "checar": a. Private to "cher": -.

"checar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "cher" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • checarcchecar · cehcar · chcear · cheacr · checarr · checcar · checra · chhecar
  • cherccher · cehr · cherr · chher · chre · hcer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "checar" and "cher" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "checar" is a verb and "cher" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "checar" or "cher"?
"checar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,227 in our Portuguese list, against #22,560 for "cher". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "checar" vs "cher" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "checar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "checar" and "cher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cher 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 #33,625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list