Which to use
“cage” and “chase” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,167
- “cage” frequency rank
- #18,181
- “chase” frequency rank
- 43348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cage | chase |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Jaula. | Persecución, caza. |
Where the eye mixes cage and chase
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cage runs 4 letters (CVCV) against chase's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cage and chase
A purely visual mix-up. cage (/keɪdʒ/) and chase (/t͡ʃeɪs/) 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 43348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cage is recorded at frequency rank #25,167, classified as anoun, pronounced /keɪdʒ/. chase is at rank #18,181, tagged as anoun, pronounced /t͡ʃeɪs/.
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 43348, this pair ranks #143,156 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cage vs chase
Shared letters: ace. Private to "cage": g. Private to "chase": hs.
"cage" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "chase" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cage" and "chase" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cage" vs "chase" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cage" and "chase" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chase" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,156 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cage" and "chase" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cage 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 #143,156 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.