Which to use
“cagão” is an adjective and “cisão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,313
- “cagão” frequency rank
- #36,806
- “cisão” frequency rank
- 80119
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cagão | cisão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cagão, que defeca com muita frequência | ato de cindir |
Where the eye mixes cagão and cisão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cagão and cisão 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 cisão
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cagão is /kɐ.'gaŋ/ e /kɐ.'goŋ/ while cisão is /si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. 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 80119, 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/. cisão is at rank #36,806, tagged as anoun, pronounced /si.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 80119, this pair ranks #1,379 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cagão vs cisão
Shared letters: coã. Private to "cagão": ag. Private to "cisão": is.
"cagão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "cisão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cagão" for "cisão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cagão" vs "cisão" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cagão" and "cisão" 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 "cisão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,379 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cagão" and "cisão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagão vs ciao". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,379 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.