Which to use
“cagado” and “clavado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,296
- “cagado” frequency rank
- #18,186
- “clavado” frequency rank
- 33482
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagado | clavado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que contiene excrementos. | Guarnecido o armado con clavos. |
Where the eye mixes cagado and clavado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cagado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against clavado's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cagado and clavado
A purely visual mix-up. cagado ([kaˈɣ̞að̞o]) and clavado ([klaˈβ̞að̞o]) 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 33482, 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]. clavado is at rank #18,186, tagged as anadj, pronounced [klaˈβ̞að̞o].
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 33482, this pair ranks #196,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cagado vs clavado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "cagado": g. Private to "clavado": lv.
"cagado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "clavado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cagado" for "clavado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cagado" vs "clavado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cagado" and "clavado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cagado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clavado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #196,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagado" and "clavado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clavado vs clavaron". 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 #196,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.