Which to use
“cadeado” is a noun and “cansado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,519
- “cadeado” frequency rank
- #2,709
- “cansado” frequency rank
- 23228
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cadeado | cansado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | objeto que bloqueia ou impede o acesso a uma determinada área ou coisa | fatigado |
Letter map: cadeado vs cansado
Shared letters muted; letters that set cadeado and cansado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. cadeado (CVCVVCV) and cansado (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for cadeado / cansado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cadeado is anoun and cansadoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cadeado is recorded at frequency rank #20,519, classified as anoun. cansado is at rank #2,709, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɐ̃.ˈsa.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 23228, this pair ranks #46,642 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cadeado vs cansado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "cadeado": e. Private to "cansado": ns.
"cadeado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "cansado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cadeado" for "cansado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cadeado" vs "cansado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "cadeado" vs "cansado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cadeado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cansado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,642 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cadeado" and "cansado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caçado vs cadeado". 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 #46,642 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.