Which to use
“cagan” and “caía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,857
- “cagan” frequency rank
- #11,373
- “caía” frequency rank
- 25230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagan | caía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cagar o de cagarse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de caer o de caerse. |
Where the eye mixes cagan and caía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cagan vs caía
A purely visual mix-up. cagan ([ˈkaɣ̞ãn]) and caía ([kaˈia]) 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 25230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cagan is recorded at frequency rank #13,857, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkaɣ̞ãn]. caía is at rank #11,373, tagged as averb, pronounced [kaˈia].
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 25230, this pair ranks #237,391 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cagan vs caía
Shared letters: ac. Private to "cagan": gn. Private to "caía": í.
"cagan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "caía" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cagan ← acgan · caagn · cagann · caggan · cagna · ccagan · cgaan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cagan" for "caía" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cagan" vs "caía" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cagan" and "caía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cagan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #237,391 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagan" and "caía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caía vs coin". 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 #237,391 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.