Which to use
“casado” and “clavado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,385
- “casado” frequency rank
- #18,186
- “clavado” frequency rank
- 21571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casado | clavado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dice de la persona que ha contraído matrimonio. | Guarnecido o armado con clavos. |
Where the eye mixes casado and clavado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. casado runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against clavado's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between casado and clavado
A purely visual mix-up. casado ([kaˈsað̞o]) and clavado ([klaˈβ̞að̞o]) 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 21571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casado is recorded at frequency rank #3,385, classified as anadj, pronounced [kaˈsað̞o]. clavado is at rank #18,186, tagged as anadj, pronounced [klaˈβ̞að̞o].
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 21571, this pair ranks #254,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of casado vs clavado
Shared letters: acdo. Private to "casado": s. Private to "clavado": lv.
"casado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "clavado" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "casado" for "clavado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "casado" or "clavado" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "casado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clavado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casado" and "clavado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clavado vs clavaron". 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 #254,313 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.