Which to use
“cansado” and “cantado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,987
- “cansado” frequency rank
- #15,033
- “cantado” frequency rank
- 19020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cansado | cantado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Débil físicamente, por exceso de ejercicio o por enfermedad. | Dicho del sufragio: que no es secreto. |
Where the eye mixes cansado and cantado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cansado and cantado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cansado with cantado
A purely visual mix-up. cansado ([kãnˈsað̞o]) and cantado ([kãn̪ˈt̪að̞o]) 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 a single letter - s in “cansado” becomes t in “cantado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cansado is recorded at frequency rank #3,987, classified as anadj, pronounced [kãnˈsað̞o]. cantado is at rank #15,033, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kãn̪ˈt̪að̞o].
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 19020, this pair ranks #265,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cansado vs cantado
Shared letters: acdno. Private to "cansado": s. Private to "cantado": t.
"cansado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cantado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cansado" and "cantado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cansado" vs "cantado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cansado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cantado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cansado" and "cantado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cántabro vs cantado". 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 #265,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.