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

#22,965
“cagadas” frequency rank
#17,892
“cargadas” frequency rank
40857
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cagadas cargadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cagado, participio de cagar. Forma del femenino plural de cargado, participio de cargar.

Where the eye mixes cagadas and cargadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
cagadas
8 ch
cargadas

Why the eye confuses cagadas with cargadas

A purely visual mix-up. cagadas ([kaˈɣ̞að̞as]) and cargadas ([kaɾˈɣ̞að̞as]) 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 40857, 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]. cargadas is at rank #17,892, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kaɾˈɣ̞að̞as].

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 40857, this pair ranks #156,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cagadas vs cargadas

Shared letters: acdgs. Private to "cagadas": -. Private to "cargadas": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cagadasacgadas · caagdas · cagaads · cagadass · cagaddas · cagadsa · cagdaas · caggadas
  • cargadasacrgadas · cagradas · caragdas · cargaads · cargadass · cargaddas · cargadsa · cargdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cagadas" for "cargadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈɣ̞að̞as] versus [kaɾˈɣ̞að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cagadas" or "cargadas"?
"cargadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,892 in our Spanish list, against #22,965 for "cagadas". 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 "cagadas" and "cargadas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cagadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cargadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #156,817 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cagadas" and "cargadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagadas vs cañadas". 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 #156,817 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