# caused

> English word · Verb · IPA /kɔːzd/ · frequency rank #1,388

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of cause

## Easily confused with
- **cured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-cured)
- **caved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-caved)
- **closed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-closed)
- **causes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-causes)
- **clause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-clause)
- **ceased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-ceased)
- **cursed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-cursed)
- **chased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-chased)
- **crushed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-crushed)
- **classed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-classed)
- **cruised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-cruised)
- **crusted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caused-vs-crusted)
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-caused)
- **cause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cause-vs-caused)
- **cases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cases-vs-caused)
- **cared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cared-vs-caused)
- **Casey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casey-vs-caused)
- **caged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caged-vs-caused)
- **caked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caked-vs-caused)
- **cased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cased-vs-caused)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acused`, `casued`, `cauesd`, `causde`, `causedd`, `caussed`, `ccaused`, `cuased`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/caused