Which to use
“caído” is an adjective and “cuando” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,017
- “caído” frequency rank
- #29,659
- “cuando” frequency rank
- 37676
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caído | cuando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que caiu | quando |
Letter map: caído vs cuando
Shared letters muted; letters that set caído and cuando apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Grammar separator: caído vs cuando
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: caído is anadjective and cuandoaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37676, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caído is recorded at frequency rank #8,017, classified as anadj. cuando is at rank #29,659, tagged as aconj, pronounced /ˈkwando/.
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 37676, this pair ranks #28,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of caído vs cuando
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "caído": í. Private to "cuando": nu.
"caído" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "cuando" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cuando ← caundo · ccuando · cuadno · cuanddo · cuanndo · cuanod · cunado · ucando
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "caído" for "cuando" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "caído" or "cuando" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "caído" and "cuando". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "caído" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #28,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caído" and "cuando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuando vs cuatro". 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 #28,893 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.