Which to use
“cajado” is a noun and “cassado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,862
- “cajado” frequency rank
- #27,391
- “cassado” frequency rank
- 58253
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cajado | cassado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | amparo de pastor, geralmente com a ponta superior em arco; bordão: | cancelado, anulado, revogado |
Letter map: cajado vs cassado
Shared letters muted; letters that set cajado and cassado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. cajado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cassado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for cajado / cassado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cajado is anoun and cassadoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cajado is recorded at frequency rank #30,862, classified as anoun. cassado is at rank #27,391, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ka.ˈsa.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 58253, this pair ranks #8,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cajado vs cassado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "cajado": j. Private to "cassado": s.
"cajado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cassado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cajado" and "cassado" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cajado" vs "cassado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "cajado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cassado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cajado" and "cassado" 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 #8,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.