cajado

noun

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The verdict

“cajado” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,862
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - amparo de pastor, geralmente com a ponta superior em arco; bordão:

Corpus desk

Index PT-cajado · cajado · Portuguese

cajado · rank #30,862 · 8 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,862
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cafeteira

Nearest frequency peer: cafeteira (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “cajado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “cajado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cajado vs caldo
67% similar
cajado vs capão
50% similar
cajado vs calão
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cajado
PropertyValue
Headwordcajado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,862
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “cajado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.cajadocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cafeteira” (#30,861), “capitania” (#30,863), “capivara” (#30,864). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “cajado” fica em #30,862. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cajado, anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,862 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cajado, with forms such as "acjado", "caajdo", and "cajaddo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "caldo", "capão", "calão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is cajado, spelled C-A-J-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    amparo de pastor, geralmente com a ponta superior em arco; bordão:
  2. 2
    bastão usado no jogo do pau
  3. 3
    amparo, apoio:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cajado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pelas praias do índico Oceano / sobre o curvo cajado se encostava
  2. Que sejas o meu cajado, o meu apoio nos momentos de desânimo

This word in other languages

cayado(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acjado
  • caajdo
  • cajaddo
  • cajaod
  • cajdao
  • cajjado
  • ccajado
  • cjaado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cajado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acjado2caajdo2cajaddo1cajaod2cajdao2cajjado1ccajado1cjaado2
Edit distance from "cajado"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cajado"?
"cajado" is spelled C-A-J-A-D-O.
What does "cajado" mean?
As a noun, "cajado" means: amparo de pastor, geralmente com a ponta superior em arco; bordão:
What words are commonly confused with "cajado"?
"cajado" is commonly confused with "caldo", "capão", "calão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cajado" come from?
"cajado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cajado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

brechó#30,858bordão#30,857carrão#30,869boceta#30,854

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

astuto8 variantselixir8 variantsvexame8 variantsjúbilo8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list