cadevscaderaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,173
“cade” frequency rank
#13,198
“cadera” frequency rank
58371
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cade cadera
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Where the eye mixes cade and cadera

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

4 ch
cade
6 ch
cadera

Visual trap between cade and cadera

A purely visual mix-up. cade ([ˈkað̞e]) and cadera ([kaˈð̞eɾa]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “cade” sits inside “cadera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cade is recorded at frequency rank #45,173, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkað̞e]. cadera is at rank #13,198, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈð̞eɾa].

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 58371, this pair ranks #66,679 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cade vs cadera

Shared letters: acde. Private to "cade": -. Private to "cadera": r.

"cade" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cadera" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cadeacde · cadde · caed · ccade · cdae
  • caderaacdera · caddera · cadear · caderra · cadrea · caedra · ccadera · cdaera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cade" and "cadera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkað̞e] versus [kaˈð̞eɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cade" or "cadera"?
"cadera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,198 in our Spanish list, against #45,173 for "cade". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cade" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cadera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,679 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cade" and "cadera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cade vs catre". 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 #66,679 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