choquevscliqueTell them apart

Quick tell: choque is a noun, clique is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#2,996
“choque” frequency rank
#1,702
“clique” frequency rank
4698
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature choque clique
Definition colisão onomatopeia que representa som breve e seco

Where the eye mixes choque and clique

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
choque
6 ch
clique

Look-alike desk: choque vs clique

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: choque is /ˈʃɔ.kɨ/ while clique is /ˈkli.kɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

choque is recorded at frequency rank #2,996, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʃɔ.kɨ/. clique is at rank #1,702, tagged as anintj, pronounced /ˈkli.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 4698, this pair ranks #70,124 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of choque vs clique

Shared letters: cequ. Private to "choque": ho. Private to "clique": il.

"choque" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV  ·  "clique" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • choquecchoque · chhoque · choqeu · choqque · chouqe · chqoue · cohque · hcoque
  • cliquecclique · cilque · cliqeu · cliqque · cliuqe · cllique · clqiue · lcique

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "choque" for "clique" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "choque" is a noun and "clique" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "choque" or "clique" show up more?
"clique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,702 in our Portuguese list, against #2,996 for "choque". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "choque" and "clique" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "choque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,124 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "choque" and "clique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Caíque vs choque". 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 #70,124 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