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“casto” and “craso” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,616
- “casto” frequency rank
- #38,614
- “craso” frequency rank
- 83230
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casto | craso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Persona que se abstiene de todo goce sexual o lo vive de acuerdo a ciertas directrices dictadas por su religión o su moral. | Inexcusable (que no puede ser perdonado). |
Where the eye mixes casto and craso
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. casto (CVCCV) and craso (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses casto with craso
A purely visual mix-up. casto ([ˈkast̪o]) and craso ([ˈkɾaso]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casto is recorded at frequency rank #44,616, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈkast̪o]. craso is at rank #38,614, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈkɾaso].
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 83230, this pair ranks #8,342 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casto vs craso
Shared letters: acos. Private to "casto": t. Private to "craso": r.
"casto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "craso" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casto" and "craso" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "casto" or "craso" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "casto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "craso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,342 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casto" and "craso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casto vs Chasco". 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 #8,342 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.