casa
[ˈkasa]
The verdict
“casa” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #136 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #136
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Edificación destinada a vivienda.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | casa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkasa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “casa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for casa is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkasa]. Corpus data places it at rank #136 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for casa, with forms such as "acsa", "caas", and "cassa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cat", "cha", "cis", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is casa, spelled C-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1Edificación destinada a vivienda.
- 2Domicilio.
- 3Piso, departamento o local que, aunque no constituya una edificación entera, tiene las dependencias mínimas para que lo habite una familia, un grupo de personas o una persona sola.
- 4Cualquier tipo de alojamiento, sea obra de albañilería, choza o cabaña, que se destina a ese fin.
- 5Descendencia o linaje que tiene un mismo apellido, y viene del mismo origen.
- 6Conjunto de hijos y domésticos que componen una familia.
- 7Establecimiento comercial o cualquiera de sus sucursales.
- 8Cada una de las 12 divisiones de la esfera celeste tomando como base la línea del horizonte, y que representan un aspecto de un signo zodiacal.
- 9Estados y rentas de un señor.
- 10En el juego del ajedrez, en el de las damas y en otros, cada uno de los cuadros en que está dividido el tablero.
- 11En el juego de tablas reales, cada uno de los semicírculos cortados en la misma madera a los dos lados del tablero, en donde se van colocando las piezas para ocupar las casas según la suerte de los dados.
- 12espacio dividido por una raya a la cabecera de la mesa, desde el cual juega el que tiene bola en mano.
- 13Lugar, casería.
- 14Símbolo de hospitalidad, en heráldica, pintada de frente o de perfil.
- 15Convento.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acsa,caas,cassa,ccasa,csaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “casa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkasa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cat” - see the side-by-side comparison. casa vs cat
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.