Which to use
“cagados” and “captados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,792
- “cagados” frequency rank
- #44,610
- “captados” frequency rank
- 90402
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagados | captados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de cagado, participio de cagar. | Forma del plural de captado, participio de captar. |
Where the eye mixes cagados and captados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cagados runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against captados's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cagados vs captados
A purely visual mix-up. cagados ([kaˈɣ̞að̞os]) and captados ([kapˈt̪að̞os]) 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 90402, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cagados is recorded at frequency rank #45,792, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kaˈɣ̞að̞os]. captados is at rank #44,610, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kapˈt̪að̞os].
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 90402, this pair ranks #2,525 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cagados vs captados
Shared letters: acdos. Private to "cagados": g. Private to "captados": pt.
"cagados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "captados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cagados" and "captados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cagados" or "captados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cagados" and "captados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cagados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "captados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,525 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagados" and "captados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagados vs cogidos". 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 #2,525 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.