CabravscadaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Cabra is a name, cada is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Cabra” is a name and “cada” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,249
“Cabra” frequency rank
#89
“cada” frequency rank
9338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Cabra cada
Definition Nombre de varios pueblos de España: Cabra (Cordoba), Cabra del Camp (Tarragona), Cabra de Mora (Aragón), Cabra del Santo Cristo (Jaén). En el caso de los nombre de palabras múltiples, para abreviar, suelen llamarse simplemente "Cabra", ya que en el contexto en que se usan suelen estar exentos de ambigüedades. Designa una cosa o persona entre varias o entre una serie de ellas.

Where the eye mixes Cabra and cada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Cabra
4 ch
cada

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Cabra is [ˈkaβ̞ɾa] while cada is [ˈkað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Cabra is recorded at frequency rank #9,249, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈkaβ̞ɾa]. cada is at rank #89, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkað̞a].

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 9338, this pair ranks #302,220 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Cabra vs cada

Shared letters: ac. Private to "Cabra": br. Private to "cada": d.

"Cabra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "cada" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Cabraacbra · cabar · cabbra · cabrra · carba · cavra · cbara · ccabra
  • cadaacda · caad · cadda · ccada · cdaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Cabra" and "cada" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Cabra" is a name and "cada" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Cabra" or "cada"?
"cada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #89 in our Spanish list, against #9,249 for "Cabra". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list