Which to use
“casaca” is a noun and “cásate” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,009
- “casaca” frequency rank
- #34,535
- “cásate” frequency rank
- 67544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casaca | cásate |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de casarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico). |
Where the eye mixes casaca and cásate
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between casaca and cásate
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: casaca is [kaˈsaka] while cásate is [ˈkasat̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67544, 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]. cásate is at rank #34,535, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈkasat̪e].
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 67544, this pair ranks #36,831 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casaca vs cásate
Shared letters: acs. Private to "casaca": -. Private to "cásate": etá.
"casaca" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cásate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- casaca ← acsaca · caasca · casaac · casacca · cascaa · cassaca · ccasaca · csaaca
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casaca" and "cásate" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "casaca" or "cásate"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "casaca" and "cásate" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casaca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cásate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,831 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casaca" and "cásate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casará vs cásate". 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 #36,831 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.