Which to use
“valía” is a noun and “vasta” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,240
- “valía” frequency rank
- #15,513
- “vasta” frequency rank
- 25753
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | valía | vasta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Variante de valor. | Forma del femenino singular de vasto. |
Where the eye mixes valía and vasta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: valía vs vasta
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: valía is [baˈlia] while vasta is [ˈbast̪a]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
valía is recorded at frequency rank #10,240, classified as anoun, pronounced [baˈlia]. vasta is at rank #15,513, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbast̪a].
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 25753, this pair ranks #234,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of valía vs vasta
Shared letters: av. Private to "valía": lí. Private to "vasta": st.
"valía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vasta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vasta ← avsta · vasat · vassta · vastta · vatsa · vsata · vvasta
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "valía" for "vasta" ever safe?
Frequency check: "valía" vs "vasta" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "valía" and "vasta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "valía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vasta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "valía" and "vasta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vacila vs valía". 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 #234,965 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.