Which to use
“cajado” and “caldo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,862
- “cajado” frequency rank
- #13,677
- “caldo” frequency rank
- 44539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cajado | caldo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | amparo de pastor, geralmente com a ponta superior em arco; bordão: | alimento líquido que se prepara cozendo em água substâncias alimentícias |
Letter map: cajado vs caldo
Shared letters muted; letters that set cajado and caldo apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cajado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against caldo's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - cajado / caldo
cajado and caldo 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cajado is recorded at frequency rank #30,862, classified as anoun. caldo is at rank #13,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaɫ.du/.
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 44539, this pair ranks #20,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cajado vs caldo
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "cajado": j. Private to "caldo": l.
"cajado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "caldo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cajado" and "caldo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cajado" vs "caldo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "cajado" vs "caldo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "cajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caldo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cajado" and "caldo" 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 #20,921 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.