cause

[ˈkawse]

/[ˈkawse]/ verb

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The verdict

“cause” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,559
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de causar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-cause · cause · Spanish

cause · rank #15,559 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,559
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH carisma

Nearest frequency peer: carisma (-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 “cause”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “cause” 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).

cause vs cue
60% similar
cause vs cese
60% similar
cause vs cure
60% similar

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

Key facts for cause
PropertyValue
Headwordcause
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈkawse]
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,559
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “cause”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).causecae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “carisma” (#15,558), “cavidad” (#15,560), “Bustamante” (#15,557). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “cause” va en #15,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around cause (IPA [ˈkawse]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,559 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 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". 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, "cue", "cese", "cure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is cause, spelled C-A-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de causar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de causar.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de causar.

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.

acuse2casue2caues2causse1ccause1cuase2
Edit distance from "cause"

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 "cause"?
"cause" is spelled C-A-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkawse].
What does "cause" mean?
As a verb, "cause" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de causar.
What words are commonly confused with "cause"?
"cause" is commonly confused with "cue", "cese", "cure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cause"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cause" is [ˈkawse]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cause" come from?
"cause" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chapo#15,561cloro#15,563Arica#15,544Anaya#15,538

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

épico6 variantstech6 variantsrodeo6 variantsriñón6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list