Which to use
“caçado” and “chapado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,617
- “caçado” frequency rank
- #20,813
- “chapado” frequency rank
- 59430
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caçado | chapado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que foi abatido em uma caça | guarnecido com chapa; chapeado |
Where the eye mixes caçado and chapado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. caçado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against chapado's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: caçado vs chapado
A purely visual mix-up. caçado (/ka.ˈsa.du/) and chapado (/ʃɐ.ˈpa.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 59430, 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/. chapado is at rank #20,813, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ʃɐ.ˈpa.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 59430, this pair ranks #8,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caçado vs chapado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "caçado": ç. Private to "chapado": hp.
"caçado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "chapado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- chapado ← cahpado · cchapado · chaapdo · chapaddo · chapaod · chapdao · chappado · chhapado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caçado" for "chapado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "caçado" vs "chapado" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "caçado" and "chapado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "caçado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chapado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caçado" and "chapado" 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 #8,185 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.