cansadavscasadoConfusable pair

Quick tell: cansada is a participle, casado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cansada” is a participle and “casado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,697
“cansada” frequency rank
#3,385
“casado” frequency rank
9082
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cansada casado
Definition Forma del femenino de cansado. Se dice de la persona que ha contraído matrimonio.

Where the eye mixes cansada and casado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
cansada
6 ch
casado

Visual trap between cansada and casado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cansada is [kãnˈsað̞a] while casado is [kaˈsað̞o]. 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 (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9082, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cansada is recorded at frequency rank #5,697, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kãnˈsað̞a]. casado is at rank #3,385, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kaˈsað̞o].

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 9082, this pair ranks #303,032 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cansada vs casado

Shared letters: acds. Private to "cansada": n. Private to "casado": o.

"cansada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "casado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cansadaacnsada · canasda · cannsada · cansaad · cansadda · cansdaa · canssada · casnada
  • casadoacsado · caasdo · casaddo · casaod · casdao · cassado · ccasado · csaado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cansada" and "casado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cansada" is a participle and "casado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "cansada" vs "casado" - which ranks higher?
"casado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,385 in our Spanish list, against #5,697 for "cansada". 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 "cansada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #303,032 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cansada" and "casado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cansada vs carnada". 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 #303,032 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