Which to use
“caco” is a noun and “cagão” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,952
- “caco” frequency rank
- #43,313
- “cagão” frequency rank
- 65265
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caco | cagão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fragmento ou pedaço quebrado de louça, barro, vidro, mármore etc | cagão, que defeca com muita frequência |
Letter map: caco vs cagão
Shared letters muted; letters that set caco and cagão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. caco runs 4 letters (CVCV) against cagão's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for caco / cagão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caco is anoun and cagãoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65265, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caco is recorded at frequency rank #21,952, classified as anoun. cagão is at rank #43,313, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/.
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 65265, this pair ranks #5,457 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caco vs cagão
Shared letters: aco. Private to "caco": -. Private to "cagão": gã.
"caco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- caco ← acco · cacco · caoc · ccaco · ccao
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caco" and "cagão" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "caco" or "cagão" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "caco" and "cagão".
- Full dictionary entry for "caco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cagão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,457 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caco" and "cagão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagão vs ciao". 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 #5,457 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.