cásatevscasitaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#34,535
“cásate” frequency rank
#12,323
“casita” frequency rank
46858
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cásate casita
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de casarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico). Diminutivo de casa

Where the eye mixes cásate and casita

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cásate and casita follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
cásate
6 ch
casita

Why the eye confuses cásate with casita

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cásate is [ˈkasat̪e] while casita is [kaˈsit̪a]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cásate is recorded at frequency rank #34,535, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkasat̪e]. casita is at rank #12,323, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈsit̪a].

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 46858, this pair ranks #123,342 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cásate vs casita

Shared letters: acst. Private to "cásate": eá. Private to "casita": i.

"cásate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "casita" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casita ← acsita · cacita · caista · casiat · casitta · cassita · castia · ccasita

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cásate" for "casita" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cásate" is a verb and "casita" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cásate" or "casita"?
"casita" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,323 in our Spanish list, against #34,535 for "cásate". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "cásate" and "casita" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cásate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "casita" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,342 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cásate" and "casita" 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 #123,342 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