cagadasvscansadasConfusable pair

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“cagadas” and “cansadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,965
“cagadas” frequency rank
#36,448
“cansadas” frequency rank
59413
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cagadas cansadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cagado, participio de cagar. Forma del femenino plural de cansado.

Where the eye mixes cagadas and cansadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
cagadas
8 ch
cansadas

Look-alike desk: cagadas vs cansadas

A purely visual mix-up. cagadas ([kaˈɣ̞að̞as]) and cansadas ([kãnˈsað̞as]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59413, 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]. cansadas is at rank #36,448, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kãnˈsað̞as].

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 59413, this pair ranks #62,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cagadas vs cansadas

Shared letters: acds. Private to "cagadas": g. Private to "cansadas": n.

"cagadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "cansadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cagadasacgadas · caagdas · cagaads · cagadass · cagaddas · cagadsa · cagdaas · caggadas
  • cansadasacnsadas · canasdas · cannsadas · cansaads · cansadass · cansaddas · cansadsa · cansdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cagadas" for "cansadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈɣ̞að̞as] versus [kãnˈsað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cagadas" or "cansadas" show up more?
"cagadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,965 in our Spanish list, against #36,448 for "cansadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cagadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cansadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cagadas" and "cansadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cañadas vs cansadas". 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 #62,715 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list