caçadovscamadaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: caçado is a adjective, camada is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“caçado” is an adjective and “camada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,617
“caçado” frequency rank
#4,882
“camada” frequency rank
43499
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caçado camada
Definition que foi abatido em uma caça porção de matéria uniformemente disposta sobre outra

Letter map: caçado vs camada

Shared letters muted; letters that set caçado and camada apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. caçado and camada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
caçado
6 ch
camada

Role in the sentence - caçado and camada

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caçado is anadjective and camadaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43499, 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/. camada is at rank #4,882, 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 43499, this pair ranks #22,124 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caçado vs camada

Shared letters: acd. Private to "caçado": oç. Private to "camada": m.

"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "camada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • camada ← acmada · caamda · camaad · camadda · camdaa · cammada · ccamada · cmaada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "caçado" and "camada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "caçado" is an adjective and "camada" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "caçado" or "camada"?
"camada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,882 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "caçado" and "camada".

  • Full dictionary entry for "caçado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "camada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,124 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caçado" and "camada" 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 #22,124 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