Which to use
“calão” is an adjective and “caução” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,032
- “calão” frequency rank
- #43,325
- “caução” frequency rank
- 82357
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | calão | caução |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que não trabalha tanto quanto deveria | valor depositado como garantia de realização de um compromisso |
Letter map: calão vs caução
Shared letters muted; letters that set calão and caução apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. calão runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against caução's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for calão / caução
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: calão is anadjective and cauçãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82357, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
calão is recorded at frequency rank #39,032, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. caução is at rank #43,325, tagged as anoun.
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 82357, this pair ranks #1,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of calão vs caução
Shared letters: acoã. Private to "calão": l. Private to "caução": uç.
"calão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "caução" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "calão" and "caução" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "calão" or "caução"?
What to do next
You've compared "calão" and "caução". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "calão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caução" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "calão" and "caução" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caução vs caudal". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.