cause
[koz]
The verdict
“cause” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,663. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,663
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grund, Ursache, Anlass
Corpus desk
Index DE-cause · cause · German
cause · rank #27,663 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,663
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH Casey
Nearest frequency peer: Casey (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „cause“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Buxtehude
Buxtehude
72,342 corpus weight
- campen
campen
72,341 corpus weight
- Casey
Casey
72,339 corpus weight
- cause
cause
72,338 corpus weight
- chronischer
chronischer
72,336 corpus weight
- Citroën
Citroën
72,335 corpus weight
What this shows „cause“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | cause |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koz] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #27,663 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „cause“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around cause (IPA [koz]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,663 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for cause, with forms such as "acuse", "casue", and "caues". 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, "cube", "cave", "CPUs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is cause, spelled C-A-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Grund, Ursache, Anlass
- 2Rechtsfall Rechtssache
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acuse
- casue
- caues
- causse
- ccause
- cuase
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cause - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cause", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).