Which to use
“cajado” and “calada” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,862
- “cajado” frequency rank
- #9,304
- “calada” frequency rank
- 40166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cajado | calada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | amparo de pastor, geralmente com a ponta superior em arco; bordão: | ato ou efeito de calar-se |
Letter map: cajado vs calada
Shared letters muted; letters that set cajado and calada apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cajado and calada follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: cajado and calada
cajado and calada are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cajado is recorded at frequency rank #30,862, classified as anoun. calada is at rank #9,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈla.dɐ/.
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 40166, this pair ranks #25,998 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cajado vs calada
Shared letters: acd. Private to "cajado": jo. Private to "calada": l.
"cajado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "calada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cajado" and "calada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cajado" vs "calada" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cajado" and "calada".
- Full dictionary entry for "cajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "calada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,998 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cajado" and "calada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagão vs cajado". 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 #25,998 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.