Which to use
“cagão” is an adjective and “cigano” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,313
- “cagão” frequency rank
- #20,529
- “cigano” frequency rank
- 63842
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagão | cigano |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cagão, que defeca com muita frequência | povo tradicionalmente nômade, originário do norte da Índia e que hoje vive espalhado pelo mundo, especialmente na Europa |
Letter map: cagão vs cigano
Shared letters muted; letters that set cagão and cigano apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. cagão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against cigano'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 / cigano
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cagão is anadjective and ciganoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63842, 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/. cigano is at rank #20,529, 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 63842, this pair ranks #6,014 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cagão vs cigano
Shared letters: acgo. Private to "cagão": ã. Private to "cigano": in.
"cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cigano" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cigano ← ccigano · cgiano · ciagno · ciganno · cigaon · ciggano · cignao · icgano
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cagão" and "cigano" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cagão" vs "cigano" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "cagão" and "cigano". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cagão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cigano" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,014 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagão" and "cigano" 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 #6,014 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.