Which to use
“caçado” is an adjective and “causado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,617
- “caçado” frequency rank
- #5,285
- “causado” frequency rank
- 43902
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caçado | causado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi abatido em uma caça | particípio do verbo causar |
Letter map: caçado vs causado
Shared letters muted; letters that set caçado and causado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. caçado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against causado's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for caçado / causado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caçado is anadjective and causadoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43902, 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/. causado is at rank #5,285, tagged as averb.
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 43902, this pair ranks #21,665 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caçado vs causado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "caçado": ç. Private to "causado": su.
"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "causado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- causado ← acusado · casuado · cauasdo · causaddo · causaod · causdao · caussado · ccausado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caçado" and "causado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "caçado" vs "causado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "caçado" vs "causado" 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 "causado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,665 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caçado" and "causado" 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 #21,665 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.