Which to use
“caçado” is an adjective and “cadeado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,617
- “caçado” frequency rank
- #20,519
- “cadeado” frequency rank
- 59136
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caçado | cadeado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi abatido em uma caça | objeto que bloqueia ou impede o acesso a uma determinada área ou coisa |
Letter map: caçado vs cadeado
Shared letters muted; letters that set caçado and cadeado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. caçado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cadeado's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for caçado / cadeado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caçado is anadjective and cadeadoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59136, 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/. cadeado is at rank #20,519, 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 59136, this pair ranks #8,346 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caçado vs cadeado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "caçado": ç. Private to "cadeado": e.
"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cadeado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cadeado ← acdeado · cadaedo · caddeado · cadeaddo · cadeaod · cadedao · caedado · ccadeado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caçado" and "cadeado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "caçado" vs "cadeado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "caçado" and "cadeado".
- Full dictionary entry for "caçado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cadeado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,346 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caçado" and "cadeado" 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 #8,346 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.