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

#15,755
“vasca” frequency rank
#35,807
“vascas” frequency rank
51562
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vasca vascas
Definition Forma del femenino singular de vasco. Forma del femenino plural de vasco.

Where the eye mixes vasca and vascas

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

5 ch
vasca
6 ch
vascas

Look-alike desk: vasca vs vascas

A purely visual mix-up. vasca ([ˈbaska]) and vascas ([ˈbaskas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “vasca” sits inside “vascas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vasca is recorded at frequency rank #15,755, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaska]. vascas is at rank #35,807, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbaskas].

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 51562, this pair ranks #97,265 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of vasca vs vascas

Shared letters: acsv. Private to "vasca": -. Private to "vascas": -.

"vasca" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "vascas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vasca ← avsca · basca · vasac · vascca · vassca · vsaca · vvasca
  • vascas ← avscas · bascas · vacsas · vasacs · vascass · vasccas · vascsa · vasscas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vasca" and "vascas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈbaska] versus [ˈbaskas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "vasca" or "vascas"?
"vasca" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,755 in our Spanish list, against #35,807 for "vascas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vasca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vascas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #97,265 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vasca" and "vascas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vascas vs vastos". 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 #97,265 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