campovscascoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#560
“campo” frequency rank
#4,771
“casco” frequency rank
5331
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campo casco
Definition Región rural. Complemento rígido de protección para la cabeza.

Where the eye mixes campo and casco

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

5 ch
campo
5 ch
casco

Visual trap between campo and casco

A purely visual mix-up. campo ([ˈkãmpo]) and casco ([ˈkasko]) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campo is recorded at frequency rank #560, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkãmpo]. casco is at rank #4,771, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasko].

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 5331, this pair ranks #313,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of campo vs casco

Shared letters: aco. Private to "campo": mp. Private to "casco": s.

"campo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "casco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campoacmpo · cammpo · camop · camppo · capmo · ccampo · cmapo
  • cascoacsco · cacso · cascco · casoc · cassco · ccasco · csaco

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "campo" and "casco" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkãmpo] versus [ˈkasko]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "campo" vs "casco" - which ranks higher?
"campo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #560 in our Spanish list, against #4,771 for "casco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "campo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #313,882 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campo" and "casco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casco vs Chasco". 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 #313,882 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