CasasvsChasTell them apart

Which to use

“Casas” and “Chas” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,560
“Casas” frequency rank
#28,867
“Chas” frequency rank
72427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Casas Chas
Definition A surname from Spanish. A diminutive of the male given name Charles.

Letter map: Casas vs Chas

Shared letters muted; letters that set Casas and Chas apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Casas runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Chas's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Casas
4 ch
Chas

Corpus notes: Casas and Chas

Casas and Chas are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Casas is recorded at frequency rank #43,560, classified as aname. Chas is at rank #28,867, tagged as aname.

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 72427, this pair ranks #43,093 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Casas vs Chas

Shared letters: acs. Private to "Casas": -. Private to "Chas": h.

"Casas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Chas" · 4 letters · shape CCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Casas ← acsas · caass · casass · cassas · ccasas · csaas
  • Chas ← cchas · chass · chhas · chsa · hcas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Casas" and "Chas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Casas" vs "Chas" - which ranks higher?
"Chas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,867 in our English list, against #43,560 for "Casas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Casas" and "Chas". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Casas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Chas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,093 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Casas" and "Chas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Casas vs cates". 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 #43,093 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list