caso

/[ˈkaso]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#157

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

caso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cada una de varias instancias consideradas como pertenecientes a un mismo tipo de situaciones o cosas (como los casos de una enfermedad, etc.). Pronounced [ˈkaso]. It ranks #157 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with co and cat.

Key facts for caso
PropertyValue
Headwordcaso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkaso]
Letters4
Frequency rank#157
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of caso in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for caso is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkaso]. Corpus data places it at rank #157 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for caso, with forms such as "acso", "casso", and "ccaso". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "co", "cat", "ceo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is caso, spelled C-A-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cada una de varias instancias consideradas como pertenecientes a un mismo tipo de situaciones o cosas (como los casos de una enfermedad, etc.).
  2. 2
    Evento o asunto llevado ante la consideración de la justicia o investigado por los organismos competentes.
  3. 3
    Suceso expuesto por su notoriedad en la prensa o mediante rumores.
  4. 4
    Propiedad gramatical presente en algunos idiomas, que indica mediante modificaciones del pronombre, el sustantivo o el adjetivo el papel sintáctico que estos cumplen en una frase determinada.
  5. 5
    Cada una de las funciones denotadas por los casos₄ de la flexión.
  6. 6
    Narración tradicional de una circunstancia o tipo de situación que se relata o cita como ejemplo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acso,casso,ccaso,csao

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caso

Misspelling Variants of "caso"

acso4casso5ccaso5csao4
Misspelling Variants of "caso"

Frequency rank: #157 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caso"?
"caso" is spelled C-A-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkaso].
What does "caso" mean?
As a noun, "caso" means: Cada una de varias instancias consideradas como pertenecientes a un mismo tipo de situaciones o cosas (como los casos de una enfermedad, etc.).
What words are commonly confused with "caso"?
"caso" is commonly confused with "co", "cat", "ceo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caso" is [ˈkaso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caso" come from?
"caso" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.