calarvscasaTell them apart

Quick tell: calar is a verb, casa is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“calar” is a verb and “casa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,601
“calar” frequency rank
#136
“casa” frequency rank
44737
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature calar casa
Definition Penetrar un líquido en un cuerpo permeable. Edificación destinada a vivienda.

Where the eye mixes calar and casa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
calar
4 ch
casa

Why the eye confuses calar with casa

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: calar is [kaˈlaɾ] while casa is [ˈkasa]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

calar is recorded at frequency rank #44,601, classified as averb, pronounced [kaˈlaɾ]. casa is at rank #136, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasa].

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 44737, this pair ranks #135,400 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of calar vs casa

Shared letters: ac. Private to "calar": lr. Private to "casa": s.

"calar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • calaraclar · caalr · calarr · ccalar
  • casaacsa · caas · cassa · ccasa · csaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "calar" and "casa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "calar" is a verb and "casa" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "calar" or "casa" show up more?
"casa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #136 in our Spanish list, against #44,601 for "calar". 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 "calar" and "casa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "calar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #135,400 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "calar" and "casa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "calar 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 #135,400 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