caídasvscasadasTell them apart

Quick tell: caídas is a noun, casadas is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“caídas” is a noun and “casadas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,325
“caídas” frequency rank
#16,035
“casadas” frequency rank
28360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caídas casadas
Definition Correas que cruzando por la grupera de las caballerías de tiro vienen a enhebillar en los trozos de la retranca. Forma del femenino plural de casado, participio de casar o de casarse.

Where the eye mixes caídas and casadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. caídas runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against casadas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
caídas
7 ch
casadas

Why the eye confuses caídas with casadas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: caídas is [kaˈið̞as] while casadas is [kaˈsað̞as]. 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 participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caídas is recorded at frequency rank #12,325, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈið̞as]. casadas is at rank #16,035, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kaˈsað̞as].

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 28360, this pair ranks #222,424 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caídas vs casadas

Shared letters: acds. Private to "caídas": í. Private to "casadas": -.

"caídas" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "casadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casadasacsadas · caasdas · casaads · casadass · casaddas · casadsa · casdaas · cassadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "caídas" for "casadas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "caídas" is a noun and "casadas" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "caídas" or "casadas"?
"caídas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,325 in our Spanish list, against #16,035 for "casadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "caídas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #222,424 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caídas" and "casadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casadas vs casará". 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 #222,424 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