vastavsvisaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: vasta is a adjective, visa is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vasta” is an adjective and “visa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#15,513
“vasta” frequency rank
#6,743
“visa” frequency rank
22256
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vasta visa
Definition Forma del femenino singular de vasto. Norma o convenio bilateral entre países para legalizar una entrada o estancia de personas en un país donde este no resida, tenga nacionalidad o libre tránsito, fundamentado por una razón bien definida.

Where the eye mixes vasta and visa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
vasta
4 ch
visa

Why the eye confuses vasta with visa

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vasta is [ˈbast̪a] while visa is [ˈbisa]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22256, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vasta is recorded at frequency rank #15,513, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈbast̪a]. visa is at rank #6,743, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbisa].

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 22256, this pair ranks #251,178 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vasta vs visa

Shared letters: asv. Private to "vasta": t. Private to "visa": i.

"vasta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "visa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vastaavsta · vasat · vassta · vastta · vatsa · vsata · vvasta
  • visabisa · ivsa · vias · vissa · vsia · vvisa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "vasta" and "visa" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vasta" is an adjective and "visa" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vasta" or "visa" show up more?
"visa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,743 in our Spanish list, against #15,513 for "vasta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "vasta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "visa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #251,178 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vasta" and "visa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vasito vs vasta". 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 #251,178 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