casavscitaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#136
“casa” frequency rank
#1,470
“cita” frequency rank
1606
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casa cita
Definition Edificación destinada a vivienda. Reunión de personas cuyo encuentro ha sido establecido anteriormente de común acuerdo.

Where the eye mixes casa and cita

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
casa
4 ch
cita

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. casa ([ˈkasa]) and cita ([ˈsit̪a]) 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 1606, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casa is recorded at frequency rank #136, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasa]. cita is at rank #1,470, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsit̪a].

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 1606, this pair ranks #321,752 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of casa vs cita

Shared letters: ac. Private to "casa": s. Private to "cita": it.

"casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "cita" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casaacsa · caas · cassa · ccasa · csaa
  • citaccita · ciat · citta · ctia · icta

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "casa" and "cita" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkasa] versus [ˈsit̪a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "casa" or "cita"?
"casa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #136 in our Spanish list, against #1,470 for "cita". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list