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Which to use

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

#466
“casos” frequency rank
#7,964
“celos” frequency rank
8430
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casos celos
Definition Forma del plural de caso. Recelo de que la persona amada haya mudado o mude su cariño.

Where the eye mixes casos and celos

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

5 ch
casos
5 ch
celos

Look-alike desk: casos vs celos

A purely visual mix-up. casos ([ˈkasos]) and celos ([ˈselos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8430, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casos is recorded at frequency rank #466, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈkasos]. celos is at rank #7,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈselos].

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 8430, this pair ranks #305,012 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of casos vs celos

Shared letters: cos. Private to "casos": a. Private to "celos": el.

"casos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "celos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casosacsos · caoss · casoss · cassos · ccasos · csaos
  • celosccelos · cellos · celoss · ceols · cleos · eclos · selos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "casos" and "celos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈkasos] versus [ˈselos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "casos" or "celos"?
"casos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #466 in our Spanish list, against #7,964 for "celos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "casos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "celos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #305,012 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casos" and "celos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "celos vs cholos". 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 #305,012 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