caçadovscaídoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#38,617
“caçado” frequency rank
#8,017
“caído” frequency rank
46634
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caçado caído
Definition que foi abatido em uma caça que caiu

Letter map: caçado vs caído

Shared letters muted; letters that set caçado and caído apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. caçado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against caído's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
caçado
5 ch
caído

Corpus notes: caçado and caído

caçado and caído 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46634, 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/. caído is at rank #8,017, tagged as anadj.

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 46634, this pair ranks #18,676 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of caçado vs caído

Shared letters: acdo. Private to "caçado": ç. Private to "caído": í.

"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "caçado" and "caído" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "caçado" or "caído"?
"caído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,017 in our Portuguese list, against #38,617 for "caçado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "caçado" vs "caído" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "caçado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "caído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,676 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caçado" and "caído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caçado vs caução". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #18,676 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