Which to use
“caçado” is an adjective and “caco” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,617
- “caçado” frequency rank
- #21,952
- “caco” frequency rank
- 60569
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caçado | caco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi abatido em uma caça | fragmento ou pedaço quebrado de louça, barro, vidro, mármore etc |
Letter map: caçado vs caco
Shared letters muted; letters that set caçado and caco apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. caçado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against caco's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: caçado vs caco
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caçado is anadjective and cacoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60569, 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/. caco is at rank #21,952, 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 60569, this pair ranks #7,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caçado vs caco
Shared letters: aco. Private to "caçado": dç. Private to "caco": -.
"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "caco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- caco ← acco · cacco · caoc · ccaco · ccao
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caçado" and "caco" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "caçado" vs "caco" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "caçado" and "caco". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "caçado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caçado" and "caco" 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 #7,577 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.