cagadosvscargadasWhat's the difference?

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

#45,792
“cagados” frequency rank
#17,892
“cargadas” frequency rank
63684
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes cagados and cargadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cagados runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against cargadas's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
cagados
8 ch
cargadas

Look-alike desk: cagados vs cargadas

A purely visual mix-up. cagados ([kaˈɣ̞að̞os]) 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 63684, 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]. 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 63684, this pair ranks #47,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cagados vs cargadas

Shared letters: acdgs. Private to "cagados": o. Private to "cargadas": r.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cagados ← acgados · caagdos · cagaddos · cagadoss · cagadso · cagaods · cagdaos · caggados
  • cargadas ← acrgadas · cagradas · caragdas · cargaads · cargadass · cargaddas · cargadsa · cargdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cagados" and "cargadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈɣ̞að̞os] versus [kaɾˈɣ̞að̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cagados" vs "cargadas" - which ranks higher?
"cargadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,892 in our Spanish list, against #45,792 for "cagados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "cagados" and "cargadas" 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 "cargadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,972 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cagados" and "cargadas" 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 #47,972 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