Which to use
“cagão” is an adjective and “capão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,313
- “cagão” frequency rank
- #19,358
- “capão” frequency rank
- 62671
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagão | capão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cagão, que defeca com muita frequência | galo (ou cavalo) castrado para que não se reproduza e brigue com outros machos |
Where the eye mixes cagão and capão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cagão and capão 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 capão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cagão is /kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/ while capão is /kɐ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - g in “cagão” becomes p in “capão”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62671, 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/. capão is at rank #19,358, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈpɐ̃w̃/.
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 62671, this pair ranks #6,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cagão vs capão
Shared letters: acoã. Private to "cagão": g. Private to "capão": p.
"cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "capão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cagão" and "capão" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cagão" or "capão"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cagão" and "capão" 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 "capão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagão" and "capão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagão vs ciao". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #6,547 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.