Which to use
“cagado” and “cazado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,296
- “cagado” frequency rank
- #38,561
- “cazado” frequency rank
- 53857
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagado | cazado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que contiene excrementos. | Que ha sido preso o aprehendido a la caza. |
Where the eye mixes cagado and cazado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cagado and cazado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cagado with cazado
A purely visual mix-up. cagado ([kaˈɣ̞að̞o]) and cazado ([kaˈsað̞o]) 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 - g in “cagado” becomes z in “cazado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53857, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cagado is recorded at frequency rank #15,296, classified as anadj, pronounced [kaˈɣ̞að̞o]. cazado is at rank #38,561, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kaˈsað̞o].
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 53857, this pair ranks #85,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cagado vs cazado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "cagado": g. Private to "cazado": z.
"cagado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cazado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cagado" and "cazado" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cagado" or "cazado" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cagado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cazado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagado" and "cazado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cazado vs cenado". 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 #85,906 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.