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

#157
“caso” frequency rank
#27,552
“crash” frequency rank
27709
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature caso crash
Definition Cada una de varias instancias consideradas como pertenecientes a un mismo tipo de situaciones o cosas (como los casos de una enfermedad, etc.). Estrépito.

Where the eye mixes caso and crash

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
caso
5 ch
crash

Look-alike desk: caso vs crash

A purely visual mix-up. caso ([ˈkaso]) and crash (/kɹæʃ/) 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 27709, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

caso is recorded at frequency rank #157, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaso]. crash is at rank #27,552, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɹæʃ/.

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 27709, this pair ranks #225,504 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of caso vs crash

Shared letters: acs. Private to "caso": o. Private to "crash": hr.

"caso" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "crash" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casoacso · casso · ccaso · csao
  • crashcarsh · ccrash · crahs · crashh · crassh · crrash · crsah · rcash

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "caso" and "crash" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkaso] versus /kɹæʃ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "caso" or "crash" show up more?
"caso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #157 in our Spanish list, against #27,552 for "crash". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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 "caso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "crash" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #225,504 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "caso" and "crash" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "CRA vs crash". 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 #225,504 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