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

#33,009
“casaca” frequency rank
#6,271
“casada” frequency rank
39280
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casaca casada
Definition Vestidura por el estilo del frac, para llevar ceñida, con cuello derecho y abotonada comúnmente toda por delante, con airosos faldones por detrás. Suele servir de uniforme, por lo cual lleva vivos de otro color y a veces bordados. Casa solar de donde toma origen algún linaje.

Where the eye mixes casaca and casada

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

6 ch
casaca
6 ch
casada

Look-alike desk: casaca vs casada

A purely visual mix-up. casaca ([kaˈsaka]) and casada ([kaˈsað̞a]) 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 a single letter - c in “casaca” becomes d in “casada”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casaca is recorded at frequency rank #33,009, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈsaka]. casada is at rank #6,271, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈsað̞a].

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 39280, this pair ranks #165,446 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of casaca vs casada

Shared letters: acs. Private to "casaca": -. Private to "casada": d.

"casaca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "casada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casacaacsaca · caasca · casaac · casacca · cascaa · cassaca · ccasaca · csaaca
  • casadaacsada · caasda · casaad · casadda · casdaa · cassada · ccasada · csaada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "casaca" and "casada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈsaka] versus [kaˈsað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "casaca" or "casada" show up more?
"casada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,271 in our Spanish list, against #33,009 for "casaca". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "casaca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,446 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casaca" and "casada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casaca vs casará". 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 #165,446 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