Which to use
“casa” and “cats” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #136
- “casa” frequency rank
- #47,632
- “cats” frequency rank
- 47768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casa | cats |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Edificación destinada a vivienda. | Forma del plural de cat. |
Where the eye mixes casa and cats
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. casa (CVCV) and cats (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: casa vs cats
A purely visual mix-up. casa ([ˈkasa]) and cats (/kæts/) 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 47768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casa is recorded at frequency rank #136, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasa]. cats is at rank #47,632, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kæts/.
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 47768, this pair ranks #118,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casa vs cats
Shared letters: acs. Private to "casa": -. Private to "cats": t.
"casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cats" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "casa" for "cats" ever safe?
Frequency check: "casa" vs "cats" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "casa" and "cats" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cats" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #118,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casa" and "cats" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "catre vs cats". 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 #118,218 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.