Which to use
“cheque” is a noun and “chique” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,149
- “cheque” frequency rank
- #10,853
- “chique” frequency rank
- 21002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cheque | chique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ordem de débito, em papel, do emitente para o banco onde ele tem conta corrente para pagar determinada quantia ao beneficiário | elegante, bem vestido, alinhado |
Letter map: cheque vs chique
Shared letters muted; letters that set cheque and chique apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for cheque / chique
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cheque is anoun and chiqueanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “cheque” becomes i in “chique”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cheque is recorded at frequency rank #10,149, classified as anoun. chique is at rank #10,853, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈʃi.kɨ/.
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 21002, this pair ranks #49,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cheque vs chique
Shared letters: cehqu. Private to "cheque": -. Private to "chique": i.
"cheque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "chique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cheque" and "chique" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cheque" or "chique" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cheque" and "chique".
- Full dictionary entry for "cheque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cheque" and "chique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Caíque vs chique". 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 #49,371 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.