Which to use
“casa” and “cepa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #91
- “casa” frequency rank
- #40,036
- “cepa” frequency rank
- 40127
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casa | cepa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | construção que serve de moradia | tronco de videira |
Where the eye mixes casa and cepa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. casa and cepa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: casa vs cepa
A purely visual mix-up. casa (/ˈka.zɐ/) and cepa (/ˈse.pɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40127, 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/. cepa is at rank #40,036, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈse.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 40127, this pair ranks #26,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casa vs cepa
Shared letters: ac. Private to "casa": s. Private to "cepa": ep.
"casa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "cepa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "casa" for "cepa" ever safe?
Frequency check: "casa" vs "cepa" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "casa" and "cepa" 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 "cepa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casa" and "cepa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cepa vs cerda". 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 #26,032 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.