Which to use
“campana” and “castaña” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,960
- “campana” frequency rank
- #29,530
- “castaña” frequency rank
- 37490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | campana | castaña |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Instrumento metálico, que suele ser de bronce, hueco, abierto por abajo, que suena cuando se golpea con un badajo o, a veces, con un martillo exterior. | Fruto del castaño (Castanea spp.), una núcula de tres a cuatro cm de diámetro, recubierta de una cúpula espinosa. Son muy sabrosas y nutritivas, consumiéndose asadas, hervidas, confitadas o como harina. |
Where the eye mixes campana and castaña
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. campana and castaña follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: campana vs castaña
A purely visual mix-up. campana ([kãmˈpana]) and castaña ([kasˈt̪aɲa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
campana is recorded at frequency rank #7,960, classified as anoun, pronounced [kãmˈpana]. castaña is at rank #29,530, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kasˈt̪aɲa].
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 37490, this pair ranks #175,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of campana vs castaña
Shared letters: ac. Private to "campana": mnp. Private to "castaña": stñ.
"campana" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "castaña" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- campana ← acmpana · camapna · cammpana · campaan · campanna · campnaa · camppana · capmana
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "campana" and "castaña" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "campana" vs "castaña" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "campana" and "castaña" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "campana" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "castaña" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "campana" and "castaña" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casará vs castaña". 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 #175,029 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.