caça vs cagão, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“caça” is a noun and “cagão” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,823
“caça” frequency rank: #43,313
“cagão” frequency rank: 46136
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	caça	cagão
Definition	desporto que consiste em caçar animais	cagão, que defeca com muita frequência

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set caça and cagão apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

caça

5 ch

cagão

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caça is /ˈka.sɐ/ while cagão is /kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46136, 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/. cagão is at rank #43,313, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/.

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 46136, this pair ranks #19,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of caça vs cagão

Shared letters: ac. Private to "caça": ç. Private to "cagão": goã.

"caça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequency comparison

caça#2,823

cagão#43,313

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "caça" and "cagão" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "caça" is a noun and "cagão" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "caça" or "cagão"?

"caça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,823 in our Portuguese list, against #43,313 for "cagão". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering caça vs cagão

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “caça”; for an adjective, it's “cagão”.
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