ChascovscrasoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Chasco is a name, craso is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Chasco” is a name and “craso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,505
“Chasco” frequency rank
#38,614
“craso” frequency rank
88119
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Chasco craso
Definition Apellido. Inexcusable (que no puede ser perdonado).

Where the eye mixes Chasco and craso

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Chasco runs 6 letters (CCVCCV) against craso's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Chasco
5 ch
craso

Why the eye confuses Chasco with craso

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Chasco is [ˈt͡ʃasko] while craso is [ˈkɾaso]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88119, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Chasco is recorded at frequency rank #49,505, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈt͡ʃasko]. 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 88119, this pair ranks #3,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Chasco vs craso

Shared letters: acos. Private to "Chasco": h. Private to "craso": r.

"Chasco" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "craso" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Chasco ← cahsco · cchasco · chacso · chascco · chasoc · chassco · chhasco · chsaco
  • craso ← ccraso · crasso · crraso · crsao · rcaso

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Chasco" for "craso" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Chasco" is a name and "craso" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Chasco" or "craso" show up more?
"craso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,614 in our Spanish list, against #49,505 for "Chasco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Chasco" 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 #3,980 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Chasco" and "craso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Charo 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 #3,980 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