causar
[kawˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“causar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #4,308 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #4,308
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que produce la causa su efecto.
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 | causar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kawˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,308 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “causar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for causar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kawˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,308 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for causar, with forms such as "casuar", "cauasr", and "causarr". 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, "césar", "curar", "cazar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is causar, spelled C-A-U-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Que produce la causa su efecto.
- 2Ser motivo de un suceso o cierto resultado
- 3Por extensión, ser ocasión o darla para que una cosa suceda.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: casuar,cauasr,causarr,causra,caussar,ccausar,cuasar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of causar - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “causar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-U-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kawˈsaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “césar” - see the side-by-side comparison. causar vs césar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.