Which to use
“cansado” and “cassado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,709
- “cansado” frequency rank
- #27,391
- “cassado” frequency rank
- 30100
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cansado | cassado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fatigado | cancelado, anulado, revogado |
Where the eye mixes cansado and cassado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cansado and cassado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cansado and cassado
A purely visual mix-up. cansado (/kɐ̃.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 differ by a single letter - n in “cansado” becomes s in “cassado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30100, 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/. 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 30100, this pair ranks #38,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cansado vs cassado
Shared letters: acdos. Private to "cansado": n. Private to "cassado": -.
"cansado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cassado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cansado" and "cassado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cansado" or "cassado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cansado" 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 #38,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cansado" 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 #38,354 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.