chegueivschequeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cheguei is a adjective, cheque is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cheguei” is an adjective and “cheque” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,310
“cheguei” frequency rank
#10,149
“cheque” frequency rank
12459
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cheguei cheque
Definition de má aparência quando se trata, por exemplo, de roupas, traje, objetos ordem de débito, em papel, do emitente para o banco onde ele tem conta corrente para pagar determinada quantia ao beneficiário

Letter map: cheguei vs cheque

Shared letters muted; letters that set cheguei and cheque apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
cheguei
6 ch
cheque

Role in the sentence - cheguei and cheque

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cheguei is anadjective and chequeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cheguei is recorded at frequency rank #2,310, classified as anadj. cheque is at rank #10,149, tagged as anoun.

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 12459, this pair ranks #60,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cheguei vs cheque

Shared letters: cehu. Private to "cheguei": gi. Private to "cheque": q.

"cheguei" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVV  ·  "cheque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • chegueiccheguei · cehguei · chegeui · chegguei · cheguie · cheugei · chgeuei · chheguei
  • chequeccheque · cehque · cheqeu · cheqque · cheuqe · chheque · chqeue · hceque

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cheguei" and "cheque" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cheguei" is an adjective and "cheque" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cheguei" or "cheque" show up more?
"cheguei" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,310 in our Portuguese list, against #10,149 for "cheque". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cheguei" and "cheque".

  • Full dictionary entry for "cheguei" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cheque" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cheguei" and "cheque" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Caíque vs cheque". 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 #60,113 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