Which to use
“cagão” is an adjective and “campo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,313
- “cagão” frequency rank
- #488
- “campo” frequency rank
- 43801
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagão | campo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cagão, que defeca com muita frequência | região fora da cidade |
Where the eye mixes cagão and campo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cagão (CVCVV) and campo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: cagão vs campo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cagão is /kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/ while campo is /ˈkɐ̃.pu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43801, 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/. campo is at rank #488, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɐ̃.pu/.
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 43801, this pair ranks #21,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cagão vs campo
Shared letters: aco. Private to "cagão": gã. Private to "campo": mp.
"cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- campo ← acmpo · cammpo · camop · camppo · capmo · ccampo · cmapo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cagão" and "campo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cagão" vs "campo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cagão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "campo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagão" and "campo" 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 #21,786 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.