Which to use
“cagado” and “colado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,296
- “cagado” frequency rank
- #25,945
- “colado” frequency rank
- 41241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagado | colado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que contiene excrementos. | Sustancia pasada a través de un colador. |
Where the eye mixes cagado and colado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cagado and colado 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 colado
A purely visual mix-up. cagado ([kaˈɣ̞að̞o]) and colado ([koˈlað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41241, 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]. colado is at rank #25,945, tagged as anadj, pronounced [koˈlað̞o].
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 41241, this pair ranks #154,738 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cagado vs colado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "cagado": g. Private to "colado": l.
"cagado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "colado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cagado" and "colado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cagado" vs "colado" - 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 "cagado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "colado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,738 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagado" and "colado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "codazo vs colado". 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 #154,738 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.