Which to use
“casa” and “caspa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #91
- “casa” frequency rank
- #42,827
- “caspa” frequency rank
- 42918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casa | caspa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | construção que serve de moradia | doença cutânea caracterizada pela escamação excessiva de pele morta no couro cabeludo |
Where the eye mixes casa and caspa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. casa runs 4 letters (CVCV) against caspa's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses casa with caspa
A purely visual mix-up. casa (/ˈka.zɐ/) and caspa (/ˈkas.pɐ/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casa is recorded at frequency rank #91, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.zɐ/. caspa is at rank #42,827, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkas.pɐ/.
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 42918, this pair ranks #22,781 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casa vs caspa
Shared letters: acs. Private to "casa": -. Private to "caspa": p.
"casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "caspa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casa" and "caspa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "casa" or "caspa" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "casa" and "caspa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "caspa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,781 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casa" and "caspa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canja vs caspa". 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 #22,781 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.