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“cagão” and “caído” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,313
“cagão” frequency rank
#8,017
“caído” frequency rank
51330
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cagão caído
Definition cagão, que defeca com muita frequência que caiu

Letter map: cagão vs caído

Shared letters muted; letters that set cagão and caído apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cagão (CVCVV) and caído (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
cagão
5 ch
caído

Corpus notes: cagão and caído

cagão and caído are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cagão is recorded at frequency rank #43,313, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/. 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 51330, this pair ranks #13,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cagão vs caído

Shared letters: aco. Private to "cagão": gã. Private to "caído": dí.

"cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cagão" and "caído" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "cagão" or "caído"?
"caído" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,017 in our Portuguese list, against #43,313 for "cagão". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "cagão" vs "caído" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cagão" 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 #13,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cagão" and "caído" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagão vs ciao". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #13,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list