Which to use
“came” is a verb and “casa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,428
- “came” frequency rank
- #16,664
- “casa” frequency rank
- 54092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | casa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs come | das Haus, das Zuhause |
Letter map: came vs casa
Shared letters muted; letters that set came and casa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. came and casa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - came and casa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: came is averb and casaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
came is recorded at frequency rank #37,428, classified as averb, pronounced […]. casa is at rank #16,664, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasa].
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 54092, this pair ranks #1,032,438 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of came vs casa
Shared letters: ac. Private to "came": em. Private to "casa": s.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "casa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "came" or "casa" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "came" vs "casa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,032,438 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "casa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "came vs puzzles". 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 #1,032,438 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.