cansadavscausadaConfusable pair

Which to use

“cansada” and “causada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#5,697
“cansada” frequency rank
#10,995
“causada” frequency rank
16692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cansada causada
Definition Forma del femenino de cansado. Forma del femenino de causado, participio de causar.

Where the eye mixes cansada and causada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
cansada
7 ch
causada

Visual trap between cansada and causada

A purely visual mix-up. cansada ([kãnˈsað̞a]) and causada ([kawˈsað̞a]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - n in “cansada” becomes u in “causada”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cansada is recorded at frequency rank #5,697, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kãnˈsað̞a]. causada is at rank #10,995, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kawˈsað̞a].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 16692, this pair ranks #275,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cansada vs causada

Shared letters: acds. Private to "cansada": n. Private to "causada": u.

"cansada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "causada" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cansadaacnsada · canasda · cannsada · cansaad · cansadda · cansdaa · canssada · casnada
  • causadacasuada · cauasda · causaad · causadda · causdaa · caussada · ccausada · cuasada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cansada" and "causada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kãnˈsað̞a] versus [kawˈsað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cansada" or "causada"?
"cansada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,697 in our Spanish list, against #10,995 for "causada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "cansada" and "causada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cansada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "causada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #275,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cansada" and "causada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carnada vs causada". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #275,138 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list