Which to use
“cansada” and “causadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,697
- “cansada” frequency rank
- #15,800
- “causadas” frequency rank
- 21497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cansada | causadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de cansado. | Forma del femenino plural de causado, participio de causar. |
Where the eye mixes cansada and causadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cansada vs causadas
A purely visual mix-up. cansada ([kãnˈsað̞a]) and causadas ([kawˈsað̞as]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21497, 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]. causadas is at rank #15,800, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kawˈsað̞as].
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 21497, this pair ranks #254,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cansada vs causadas
Shared letters: acds. Private to "cansada": n. Private to "causadas": u.
"cansada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "causadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cansada" and "causadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cansada" or "causadas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cansada" and "causadas" 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 "causadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cansada" and "causadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cañadas vs causadas". 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 #254,660 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.