caçavscauçãoConfusable pair

Which to use

“caça” and “caução” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,823
“caça” frequency rank
#43,325
“caução” frequency rank
46148
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caça caução
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Letter map: caça vs caução

Shared letters muted; letters that set caça and caução apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. caça runs 4 letters (CVCV) against caução's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
caça
6 ch
caução

Spelling & dictionary notes on caça vs caução

caça and caução are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46148, 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/. caução is at rank #43,325, tagged as anoun.

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 46148, this pair ranks #19,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of caça vs caução

Shared letters: acç. Private to "caça": -. Private to "caução": ouã.

"caça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "caução" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "caça" and "caução" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "caça" vs "caução" - which ranks higher?
"caça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,823 in our Portuguese list, against #43,325 for "caução". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "caça" vs "caução" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "caução" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caça" and "caução" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caução vs caudal". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #19,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list