Which to use
“caguen” is a verb and “cigüeña” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,979
- “caguen” frequency rank
- #34,495
- “cigüeña” frequency rank
- 68474
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caguen | cigüeña |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de cagar o de cagarse. | (Familia Ciconiidae) Cualquiera de unas veinte especies de aves zancudas, de gran tamaño, que habitan la mayoría de las zonas templadas y cálidas del globo. Son aves de cuello y patas largas, con el pico robusto y vistoso, pesadas, con una gran envergadura de alas, los que los obliga a planear largamente durante las migraciones. |
Where the eye mixes caguen and cigüeña
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. caguen runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against cigüeña's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: caguen vs cigüeña
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caguen is [ˈkaɣ̞ẽn] while cigüeña is [siˈɣ̞weɲa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caguen is recorded at frequency rank #33,979, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkaɣ̞ẽn]. cigüeña is at rank #34,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced [siˈɣ̞weɲa].
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 68474, this pair ranks #34,396 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caguen vs cigüeña
Shared letters: aceg. Private to "caguen": nu. Private to "cigüeña": iñü.
"caguen" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "cigüeña" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- caguen ← acguen · cageun · cagguen · caguenn · cagune · caugen · ccaguen · cgauen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caguen" for "cigüeña" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "caguen" or "cigüeña" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "caguen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cigüeña" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,396 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caguen" and "cigüeña" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caguen vs calmen". 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 #34,396 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.