casavscoraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: casa is a noun, cora is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“casa” is a noun and “cora” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,664
“casa” frequency rank
#28,594
“cora” frequency rank
45258
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casa cora
Definition das Haus, das Zuhause 3. Person Singular Präsens Indikativ des Verbs corar

Letter map: casa vs cora

Shared letters muted; letters that set casa and cora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
casa
4 ch
cora

Grammar separator: casa vs cora

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: casa is anoun and coraaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casa is recorded at frequency rank #16,664, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasa]. cora is at rank #28,594, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

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 45258, this pair ranks #1,359,192 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of casa vs cora

Shared letters: ac. Private to "casa": s. Private to "cora": or.

"casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casaacsa · caas · cassa · ccasa · csaa
  • coraccora · coar · corra · croa · ocra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "casa" for "cora" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "casa" is a noun and "cora" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "casa" or "cora"?
"casa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,664 in our German list, against #28,594 for "cora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "casa" vs "cora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "casa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,359,192 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casa" and "cora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cora 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 #1,359,192 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list