cabidavscasadaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#10,277
“cabida” frequency rank
#6,271
“casada” frequency rank
16548
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabida casada
Definition Capacidad, espacio. Casa solar de donde toma origen algún linaje.

Where the eye mixes cabida and casada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cabida
6 ch
casada

Look-alike desk: cabida vs casada

A purely visual mix-up. cabida ([kaˈβ̞ið̞a]) and casada ([kaˈsað̞a]) 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 16548, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cabida is recorded at frequency rank #10,277, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈβ̞ið̞a]. casada is at rank #6,271, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈsað̞a].

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 16548, this pair ranks #275,707 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cabida vs casada

Shared letters: acd. Private to "cabida": bi. Private to "casada": s.

"cabida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "casada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabidaacbida · cabbida · cabdia · cabiad · cabidda · caibda · cavida · cbaida
  • casadaacsada · caasda · casaad · casadda · casdaa · cassada · ccasada · csaada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cabida" for "casada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈβ̞ið̞a] versus [kaˈsað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cabida" or "casada"?
"casada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,271 in our Spanish list, against #10,277 for "cabida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #275,707 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabida" and "casada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabida vs chida". 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 #275,707 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