cazarvsclearWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cazar is a verb, clear is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cazar” is a verb and “clear” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,186
“cazar” frequency rank
#36,980
“clear” frequency rank
48166
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cazar clear
Definition Buscar o seguir a las aves, fieras y otros animales para cogerlos y matarlos. Claro.

Where the eye mixes cazar and clear

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cazar (CVCVC) and clear (CCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
cazar
5 ch
clear

Look-alike desk: cazar vs clear

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cazar is [kaˈsaɾ] while clear is /klɪə(ɹ)/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cazar is recorded at frequency rank #11,186, classified as averb, pronounced [kaˈsaɾ]. clear is at rank #36,980, tagged as anadj, pronounced /klɪə(ɹ)/.

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 48166, this pair ranks #115,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cazar vs clear

Shared letters: acr. Private to "cazar": z. Private to "clear": el.

"cazar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "clear" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cazar ← aczar · caazr · cazarr · cazra · cazzar · ccazar · czaar
  • clear ← cclear · celar · claer · clearr · clera · cllear · lcear

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cazar" and "clear" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cazar" is a verb and "clear" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cazar" or "clear"?
"cazar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,186 in our Spanish list, against #36,980 for "clear". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "cazar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "clear" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,987 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cazar" and "clear" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clear vs clonar". 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 #115,987 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