Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cagados" and "cargadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cagados" vs "cargadas" - which ranks higher?
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.