Which to use
“calçado” and “cassado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,233
- “calçado” frequency rank
- #27,391
- “cassado” frequency rank
- 50624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | calçado | cassado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | abrigado com calçado | cancelado, anulado, revogado |
Where the eye mixes calçado and cassado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. calçado and cassado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: calçado vs cassado
A purely visual mix-up. calçado (/kɐw.ˈsa.du/) and cassado (/ka.ˈsa.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50624, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
calçado is recorded at frequency rank #23,233, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɐw.ˈsa.du/. 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 50624, this pair ranks #14,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of calçado vs cassado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "calçado": lç. Private to "cassado": s.
"calçado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cassado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cassado ← acssado · casado · casasdo · cassaddo · cassaod · cassdao · ccassado · csasado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "calçado" for "cassado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "calçado" vs "cassado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "calçado" 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 #14,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "calçado" and "cassado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cassado vs castrado". 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 #14,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.