causar

[kawˈsaɾ]

/[kawˈsaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“causar” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,308. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,308
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que produce la causa su efecto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-causar · causar · Spanish

causar · rank #4,308 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,308
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH catedral

Nearest frequency peer: catedral (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “causar”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “causar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

causar vs césar
67% similar
causar vs curar
67% similar
causar vs cazar
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for causar
PropertyValue
Headwordcausar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kawˈsaɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,308
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “causar”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).causarcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “catedral” (#4,307), “centrales” (#4,309), “cancha” (#4,306). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “causar” va en #4,308. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around causar (IPA [kawˈsaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,308 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Que produce la causa su efecto.
  2. 2
    Ser motivo de un suceso o cierto resultado
  3. 3
    Por extensión, ser ocasión o darla para que una cosa suceda.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how causar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «El conocerte, ¡oh Sofía!, causa en mí amor y deseo».

Synonyms

ocasionarsuscitarproducirdesatarcontribuir

This word in other languages

cause(English)causer(Français)causar(Português)

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.

casuar2cauasr2causarr1causra2caussar1ccausar1cuasar2
Edit distance from "causar"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "causar"?
"causar" is spelled C-A-U-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kawˈsaɾ].
What does "causar" mean?
As a verb, "causar" means: Que produce la causa su efecto.
What words are commonly confused with "causar"?
"causar" is commonly confused with "césar", "curar", "cazar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "causar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "causar" is [kawˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "causar" come from?
"causar" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "causar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cancha#4,306correa#4,316alegre#4,299Víctor#4,293

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

cruel7 variantstrajo7 variantsenvío7 variantsgesto7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list