Which to use
“carajo” is a noun and “Cartago” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,069
- “carajo” frequency rank
- #19,944
- “Cartago” frequency rank
- 22013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carajo | Cartago |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Órgano eréctil que presenta el macho de los mamíferos, homólogo del clítoris femenino, en el que desembocan los conductos del tracto genitourinario. En algunos animales se retrae en la ingle, y sólo se extiende durante la excreción y la cópula; en el ser humano no es retráctil. Está compuesto en su mayor parte por tejidos esponjosos, llamados cuerpos cavernosos, que al saturarse de sangre producen la erección. | Ciudad de la Antigüedad situada en el norte de África, en donde hoy está Túnez, que dominó el Mediterráneo. |
Where the eye mixes carajo and Cartago
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. carajo runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against Cartago's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between carajo and Cartago
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: carajo is [kaˈɾaxo] while Cartago is [kaɾˈt̪aɣ̞o]. 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 (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carajo is recorded at frequency rank #2,069, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈɾaxo]. Cartago is at rank #19,944, tagged as aname, pronounced [kaɾˈt̪aɣ̞o].
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 22013, this pair ranks #252,323 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of carajo vs Cartago
Shared letters: acor. Private to "carajo": j. Private to "Cartago": gt.
"carajo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Cartago" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carajo" and "Cartago" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "carajo" or "Cartago"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "carajo" and "Cartago" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carajo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Cartago" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #252,323 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carajo" and "Cartago" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cartago vs cartílago". 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 #252,323 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.