Which to use
“caça” is a noun and “caçado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,823
- “caça” frequency rank
- #38,617
- “caçado” frequency rank
- 41440
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caça | caçado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | desporto que consiste em caçar animais | que foi abatido em uma caça |
Where the eye mixes caça and caçado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. caça runs 4 letters (CVCV) against caçado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between caça and caçado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caça is /ˈka.sɐ/ while caçado is /ka.ˈsa.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “caça” sits inside “caçado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caça is recorded at frequency rank #2,823, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.sɐ/. caçado is at rank #38,617, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ka.ˈsa.du/.
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 41440, this pair ranks #24,477 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caça vs caçado
Shared letters: acç. Private to "caça": -. Private to "caçado": do.
"caça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caça" and "caçado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "caça" vs "caçado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "caça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caçado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,477 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caça" and "caçado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caçado vs caução". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #24,477 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.