Which to use
“cagão” and “calão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,313
- “cagão” frequency rank
- #39,032
- “calão” frequency rank
- 82345
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagão | calão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cagão, que defeca com muita frequência | que não trabalha tanto quanto deveria |
Where the eye mixes cagão and calão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cagão and calão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cagão vs calão
A purely visual mix-up. cagão (/kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/) and calão (/kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - g in “cagão” becomes l in “calão”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82345, 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/. calão is at rank #39,032, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.
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 82345, this pair ranks #1,044 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cagão vs calão
Shared letters: acoã. Private to "cagão": g. Private to "calão": l.
"cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "calão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cagão" and "calão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cagão" vs "calão" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cagão" and "calão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cagão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "calão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,044 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagão" and "calão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagão vs ciao". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,044 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.