CasasvschasesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Casas is a name, chases is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Casas” is a name and “chases” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,560
“Casas” frequency rank
#21,745
“chases” frequency rank
65305
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Casas chases
Definition A surname from Spanish. plural of chase

Letter map: Casas vs chases

Shared letters muted; letters that set Casas and chases apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Casas
6 ch
chases

Part-of-speech tell for Casas / chases

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Casas is aname and chasesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65305, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Casas is recorded at frequency rank #43,560, classified as aname. chases is at rank #21,745, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪz/.

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 65305, this pair ranks #73,423 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Casas vs chases

Shared letters: acs. Private to "Casas": -. Private to "chases": eh.

"Casas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "chases" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Casasacsas · caass · casass · cassas · ccasas · csaas
  • chasescahses · cchases · chaess · chasess · chasses · chhases · chsaes · hcases

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Casas" for "chases" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Casas" is a name and "chases" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Casas" or "chases"?
"chases" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,745 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Casas" and "chases".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Casas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chases" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,423 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Casas" and "chases" 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 #73,423 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