Which to use
“cansado” is an adjective and “cantão” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,709
- “cansado” frequency rank
- #29,259
- “cantão” frequency rank
- 31968
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cansado | cantão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fatigado | região administrativa |
Letter map: cansado vs cantão
Shared letters muted; letters that set cansado and cantão apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cansado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cantão's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: cansado vs cantão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cansado is anadjective and cantãoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cansado is recorded at frequency rank #2,709, classified as anadj, pronounced /kɐ̃.ˈsa.du/. cantão is at rank #29,259, 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 31968, this pair ranks #35,961 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cansado vs cantão
Shared letters: acno. Private to "cansado": ds. Private to "cantão": tã.
"cansado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cantão" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cansado ← acnsado · canasdo · cannsado · cansaddo · cansaod · cansdao · canssado · casnado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cansado" and "cantão" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "cansado" or "cantão"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "cansado" and "cantão". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "cansado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cantão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,961 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cansado" and "cantão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cânhamo vs cantão". 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 #35,961 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.