cabezasvscaderasWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“cabezas” and “caderas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,760
“cabezas” frequency rank
#15,028
“caderas” frequency rank
18788
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabezas caderas
Definition Forma del plural de cabeza Forma del plural de cadera.

Where the eye mixes cabezas and caderas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cabezas and caderas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
cabezas
7 ch
caderas

Visual trap between cabezas and caderas

A purely visual mix-up. cabezas ([kaˈβ̞esas]) and caderas ([kaˈð̞eɾas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cabezas is recorded at frequency rank #3,760, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈβ̞esas]. caderas is at rank #15,028, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈð̞eɾas].

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 18788, this pair ranks #266,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cabezas vs caderas

Shared letters: aces. Private to "cabezas": bz. Private to "caderas": dr.

"cabezas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "caderas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabezas ← acbezas · cabbezas · cabeazs · cabezass · cabezsa · cabezzas · cabzeas · caebzas
  • caderas ← acderas · cadderas · cadears · caderass · caderras · cadersa · cadreas · caedras

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cabezas" and "caderas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈβ̞esas] versus [kaˈð̞eɾas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cabezas" or "caderas"?
"cabezas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,760 in our Spanish list, against #15,028 for "caderas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabezas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "caderas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #266,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabezas" and "caderas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caderas vs cederá". 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 #266,468 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list