Which to use
“casaco” is a noun and “causado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,510
- “casaco” frequency rank
- #5,285
- “causado” frequency rank
- 11795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casaco | causado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça de vestuário que os homens usam sobre a camisa ou o colete e as mulheres por cima do vestido | particípio do verbo causar |
Letter map: casaco vs causado
Shared letters muted; letters that set casaco and causado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Grammar separator: casaco vs causado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: casaco is anoun and causadoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casaco is recorded at frequency rank #6,510, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈza.ku/. causado is at rank #5,285, tagged as averb.
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 11795, this pair ranks #60,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of casaco vs causado
Shared letters: acos. Private to "casaco": -. Private to "causado": du.
"casaco" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "causado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "casaco" and "causado". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "casaco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "causado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casaco" and "causado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cagão vs casaco". 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 #60,982 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.