casa
/ˈka.zɐ/
The verdict
“casa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #91. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #91
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - construção que serve de moradia
Corpus desk
Index PT-casa · casa · Portuguese
casa · rank #91 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #91
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH tenho
Nearest frequency peer: tenho (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “casa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- há
há
99,913 corpus weight
- tenho
tenho
99,911 corpus weight
- casa
casa
99,910 corpus weight
- nada
nada
99,909 corpus weight
- the
the
99,908 corpus weight
- ver
ver
99,907 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “casa” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | casa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈka.zɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “casa” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around casa (IPA /ˈka.zɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #91 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for casa, with forms such as "acsa", "caas", and "cassa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "chá", "cat", "clã", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is casa, spelled C-A-S-A.
Definition
- 1construção que serve de moradia
- 2domicílio, residência
- 3quantidade de dígitos de um número
- 4quantificação graduativa métrica
- 5orifício por onde passa o botão da roupa ao ser abotoada
- 6família nobre
- 7lugar onde se comercializa produto específico
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how casa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sua casa é muito bonita!
Essa casa é muito grande.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acsa
- caas
- cassa
- ccasa
- csaa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "casa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.