Which to use
“cagadas” and “cagados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,965
- “cagadas” frequency rank
- #45,792
- “cagados” frequency rank
- 68757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagadas | cagados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de cagado, participio de cagar. | Forma del plural de cagado, participio de cagar. |
Where the eye mixes cagadas and cagados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cagadas and cagados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cagadas vs cagados
A purely visual mix-up. cagadas ([kaˈɣ̞að̞as]) and cagados ([kaˈɣ̞að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “cagadas” becomes o in “cagados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cagadas is recorded at frequency rank #22,965, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kaˈɣ̞að̞as]. cagados is at rank #45,792, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kaˈɣ̞að̞os].
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 68757, this pair ranks #33,687 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cagadas vs cagados
Shared letters: acdgs. Private to "cagadas": -. Private to "cagados": o.
"cagadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cagados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cagadas" for "cagados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cagadas" vs "cagados" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cagadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cagados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,687 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagadas" and "cagados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagados vs cogidos". 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 #33,687 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.