Which to use
“cagão” is an adjective and “cajado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,313
- “cagão” frequency rank
- #30,862
- “cajado” frequency rank
- 74175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagão | cajado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cagão, que defeca com muita frequência | amparo de pastor, geralmente com a ponta superior em arco; bordão: |
Letter map: cagão vs cajado
Shared letters muted; letters that set cagão and cajado apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cagão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against cajado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for cagão / cajado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cagão is anadjective and cajadoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74175, 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/. cajado is at rank #30,862, tagged as anoun.
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 74175, this pair ranks #2,597 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cagão vs cajado
Shared letters: aco. Private to "cagão": gã. Private to "cajado": dj.
"cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cajado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cajado ← acjado · caajdo · cajaddo · cajaod · cajdao · cajjado · ccajado · cjaado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cagão" and "cajado" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cagão" or "cajado" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "cagão" vs "cajado" 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 "cajado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,597 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagão" and "cajado" 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 #2,597 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.