Which to use
“caçado” and “cercado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,617
- “caçado” frequency rank
- #8,164
- “cercado” frequency rank
- 46781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caçado | cercado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi abatido em uma caça | rodeado ou contornado por uma barreira |
Where the eye mixes caçado and cercado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. caçado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cercado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: caçado vs cercado
A purely visual mix-up. caçado (/ka.ˈsa.du/) and cercado (/sɨɾ.ˈka.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46781, 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/. cercado is at rank #8,164, tagged as anadj, pronounced /sɨɾ.ˈka.du/.
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 46781, this pair ranks #18,531 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caçado vs cercado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "caçado": ç. Private to "cercado": er.
"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cercado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cercado ← ccercado · cecrado · ceracdo · cercaddo · cercaod · cerccado · cercdao · cerrcado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "caçado" and "cercado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "caçado" vs "cercado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "caçado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cercado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,531 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caçado" and "cercado" 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 #18,531 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.