Which to use
“casa” and “cía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #136
- “casa” frequency rank
- #21,628
- “cía” frequency rank
- 21764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casa | cía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Edificación destinada a vivienda. | Acción o efecto de ciar. |
Where the eye mixes casa and cía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. casa ([ˈkasa]) and cía ([ˈsia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casa is recorded at frequency rank #136, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasa]. cía is at rank #21,628, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsia].
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 21764, this pair ranks #253,442 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of casa vs cía
Shared letters: ac. Private to "casa": s. Private to "cía": í.
"casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cía" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casa ← acsa · caas · cassa · ccasa · csaa