Which to use
“cagan” and “captan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,857
- “cagan” frequency rank
- #29,093
- “captan” frequency rank
- 42950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagan | captan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de cagar o de cagarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de captar. |
Where the eye mixes cagan and captan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cagan runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against captan's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cagan vs captan
A purely visual mix-up. cagan ([ˈkaɣ̞ãn]) and captan ([ˈkapt̪ãn]) 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 42950, 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]. captan is at rank #29,093, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkapt̪ãn].
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 42950, this pair ranks #145,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cagan vs captan
Shared letters: acn. Private to "cagan": g. Private to "captan": pt.
"cagan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "captan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cagan" and "captan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cagan" or "captan" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cagan" and "captan" 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 "captan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagan" and "captan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "captan vs captaron". 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 #145,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.