Which to use
“came” and “cased” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #294
- “came” frequency rank
- #48,121
- “cased” frequency rank
- 48415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | came | cased |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past of come | simple past and past participle of case |
Where the eye mixes came and cased
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. came runs 4 letters (CVCV) against cased's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between came and cased
A purely visual mix-up. came (/keɪm/) and cased (/keɪst/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
came is recorded at frequency rank #294, classified as averb, pronounced /keɪm/. cased is at rank #48,121, tagged as averb, pronounced /keɪst/.
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 48415, this pair ranks #193,266 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of came vs cased
Shared letters: ace. Private to "came": m. Private to "cased": ds.
"came" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cased" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "came" and "cased" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "came" or "cased" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "came" and "cased" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "came" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cased" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,266 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "came" and "cased" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cased vs clasped". 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 #193,266 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.