Which to use
“caçado” is an adjective and “cajado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,617
- “caçado” frequency rank
- #30,862
- “cajado” frequency rank
- 69479
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caçado | cajado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi abatido em uma caça | amparo de pastor, geralmente com a ponta superior em arco; bordão: |
Letter map: caçado vs cajado
Shared letters muted; letters that set caçado and cajado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. caçado and cajado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for caçado / cajado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caçado is anadjective and cajadoanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - ç in “caçado” becomes j in “cajado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69479, 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/. cajado is at rank #30,862, 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 69479, this pair ranks #3,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caçado vs cajado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "caçado": ç. Private to "cajado": j.
"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cajado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cajado ← acjado · caajdo · cajaddo · cajaod · cajdao · cajjado · ccajado · cjaado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caçado" and "cajado" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "caçado" or "cajado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "caçado" and "cajado".
- Full dictionary entry for "caçado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cajado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caçado" and "cajado" 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 #3,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.