casarávscastaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: casará is a verb, casta is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“casará” is a verb and “casta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,879
“casará” frequency rank
#10,994
“casta” frequency rank
59873
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casará casta
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de casar o de casarse. Grupo unido por una ascendencia común.

Where the eye mixes casará and casta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
casará
5 ch
casta

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: casará is [kasaˈɾa] while casta is [ˈkast̪a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casará is recorded at frequency rank #48,879, classified as averb, pronounced [kasaˈɾa]. casta is at rank #10,994, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkast̪a].

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 59873, this pair ranks #61,023 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of casará vs casta

Shared letters: acs. Private to "casará": . Private to "casta": t.

"casará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "casta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • castaacsta · casat · cassta · castta · catsa · ccasta · csata

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "casará" and "casta" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "casará" is a verb and "casta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "casará" or "casta"?
"casta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,994 in our Spanish list, against #48,879 for "casará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list