casaca

/kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/

//kɐ.ˈza.kɐ// noun

The verdict

“casaca” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,223
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - paletó curto na frente, na altura da cintura e comprido atrás, com duas abas; vestuário de origem europeia e usado pelos aristocratas

Corpus desk

Index PT-casaca · casaca · Portuguese

casaca · rank #37,223 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,223
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH causal

Nearest frequency peer: causal (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “casaca”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “casaca” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

casaca vs casal
67% similar
casaca vs casco
67% similar
casaca vs caspa
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for casaca
PropertyValue
Headwordcasaca
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,223
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “casaca”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.casacacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “causal” (#37,225), “caneco” (#37,218), “cabala” (#37,212). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “casaca” fica em #37,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around casaca (IPA /kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,223 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for casaca, with forms such as "acsaca", "caasca", and "casaac". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "casal", "casco", "caspa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is casaca, spelled C-A-S-A-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    paletó curto na frente, na altura da cintura e comprido atrás, com duas abas; vestuário de origem europeia e usado pelos aristocratas
  2. 2
    descompostura; repreensão

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how casaca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O multiinstrumentista cearense também foi obrigado por Gnattali a vestir casaca para se apresentar no Teatro Municipal do Rio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acsaca
  • caasca
  • casaac
  • casacca
  • cascaa
  • cassaca
  • ccasaca
  • csaaca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casaca - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acsaca2caasca2casaac2casacca1cascaa2cassaca1ccasaca1csaaca2
Edit distance from "casaca"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "casaca"?
"casaca" is spelled C-A-S-A-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/.
What does "casaca" mean?
As a noun, "casaca" means: paletó curto na frente, na altura da cintura e comprido atrás, com duas abas; vestuário de origem europeia e usado pelos aristocratas
What words are commonly confused with "casaca"?
"casaca" is commonly confused with "casal", "casco", "caspa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "casaca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "casaca" is /kɐ.ˈza.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "casaca" come from?
"casaca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "casaca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list