Which to use
“cagão” and “cego” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,313
- “cagão” frequency rank
- #5,606
- “cego” frequency rank
- 48919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagão | cego |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cagão, que defeca com muita frequência | que não vê; desprovido de visão |
Where the eye mixes cagão and cego
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cagão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against cego's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: cagão vs cego
A purely visual mix-up. cagão (/kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/) and cego (/ˈsɛ.gu/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48919, 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/. cego is at rank #5,606, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsɛ.gu/.
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 48919, this pair ranks #16,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cagão vs cego
Shared letters: cgo. Private to "cagão": aã. Private to "cego": e.
"cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cego" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cego ← ccego · ceggo · ceog · cgeo · ecgo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cagão" and "cego" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cagão" vs "cego" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cagão" and "cego" 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 "cego" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagão" and "cego" 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 #16,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.