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

#14,088
“cabras” frequency rank
#1,052
“casas” frequency rank
15140
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabras casas
Definition Forma del plural de cabra. Edificio para habitar.

Where the eye mixes cabras and casas

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

6 ch
cabras
5 ch
casas

Visual trap between cabras and casas

A purely visual mix-up. cabras ([ˈkaβ̞ɾas]) and casas ([ˈkasas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15140, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cabras is recorded at frequency rank #14,088, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaβ̞ɾas]. casas is at rank #1,052, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasas].

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 15140, this pair ranks #281,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cabras vs casas

Shared letters: acs. Private to "cabras": br. Private to "casas": -.

"cabras" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "casas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabrasacbras · cabars · cabbras · cabrass · cabrras · cabrsa · carbas · cavras
  • casasacsas · caass · casass · cassas · ccasas · csaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cabras" for "casas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkaβ̞ɾas] versus [ˈkasas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cabras" vs "casas" - which ranks higher?
"casas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,052 in our Spanish list, against #14,088 for "cabras". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #281,369 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabras" and "casas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabras vs cachas". 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 #281,369 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