cachasvscarasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: cachas is a noun, caras is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cachas” is a noun and “caras” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,864
“cachas” frequency rank
#3,104
“caras” frequency rank
51968
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cachas caras
Definition Forma del plural de cacha. Forma del femenino plural de caro.

Where the eye mixes cachas and caras

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cachas runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against caras's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cachas
5 ch
caras

Visual trap between cachas and caras

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cachas is [ˈkat͡ʃas] while caras is [ˈkaɾas]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cachas is recorded at frequency rank #48,864, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkat͡ʃas]. caras is at rank #3,104, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkaɾas].

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 51968, this pair ranks #95,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cachas vs caras

Shared letters: acs. Private to "cachas": h. Private to "caras": r.

"cachas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "caras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cachas ← acchas · cacahs · cacchas · cachass · cachhas · cachsa · cahcas · ccachas
  • caras ← acras · caars · carass · carras · carsa · ccaras · craas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cachas" and "caras" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cachas" is a noun and "caras" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cachas" or "caras" show up more?
"caras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,104 in our Spanish list, against #48,864 for "cachas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "cachas" and "caras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cachas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "caras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,107 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cachas" and "caras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cachas vs chacras". 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 #95,107 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