Which to use
“cacho” is a noun and “caído” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,472
- “cacho” frequency rank
- #8,017
- “caído” frequency rank
- 43489
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cacho | caído |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | conjunto de flores ou frutos que têm um eixo comum | que caiu |
Letter map: cacho vs caído
Shared letters muted; letters that set cacho and caído apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cacho (CVCCV) and caído (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for cacho / caído
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cacho is anoun and caídoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43489, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cacho is recorded at frequency rank #35,472, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.ʃu/. caído is at rank #8,017, tagged as anadj.
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 43489, this pair ranks #22,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cacho vs caído
Shared letters: aco. Private to "cacho": h. Private to "caído": dí.
"cacho" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cacho ← caccho · cachho · cacoh · cahco · ccacho · ccaho
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cacho" and "caído" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cacho" or "caído"?
What to do next
You've compared "cacho" and "caído". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cacho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caído" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cacho" and "caído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cacho 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 #22,136 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.