Which to use
“caçado” is an adjective and “cacau” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,617
- “caçado” frequency rank
- #9,010
- “cacau” frequency rank
- 47627
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caçado | cacau |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi abatido em uma caça | fruto do cacaueiro (ou cacauzeiro), cuja semente é usada na produção de chocolate e manteiga de cacau |
Where the eye mixes caçado and cacau
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. caçado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cacau's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: caçado vs cacau
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caçado is /ka.ˈsa.du/ while cacau is /kɐ.ˈkaw/. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caçado is recorded at frequency rank #38,617, classified as anadj, pronounced /ka.ˈsa.du/. cacau is at rank #9,010, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈkaw/.
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 47627, this pair ranks #17,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caçado vs cacau
Shared letters: ac. Private to "caçado": doç. Private to "cacau": u.
"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cacau" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cacau ← accau · caacu · caccau · cacua · ccaau · ccacau
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caçado" and "cacau" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "caçado" vs "cacau" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "caçado" and "cacau" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caçado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cacau" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caçado" and "cacau" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caçado vs caução". 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 #17,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.