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Which to use

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

#36,448
“cansadas” frequency rank
#12,106
“causados” frequency rank
48554
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cansadas causados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de cansado. Forma del plural de causado, participio de causar.

Where the eye mixes cansadas and causados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cansadas (CVCCVCVC) and causados (CVVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
cansadas
8 ch
causados

Visual trap between cansadas and causados

A purely visual mix-up. cansadas ([kãnˈsað̞as]) and causados ([kawˈsað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cansadas is recorded at frequency rank #36,448, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kãnˈsað̞as]. causados is at rank #12,106, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kawˈsað̞os].

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 48554, this pair ranks #113,837 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cansadas vs causados

Shared letters: acds. Private to "cansadas": n. Private to "causados": ou.

"cansadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "causados" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cansadas ← acnsadas · canasdas · cannsadas · cansaads · cansadass · cansaddas · cansadsa · cansdaas
  • causados ← casuados · cauasdos · causaddos · causadoss · causadso · causaods · causdaos · caussados

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cansadas" for "causados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kãnˈsað̞as] versus [kawˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "cansadas" or "causados"?
"causados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,106 in our Spanish list, against #36,448 for "cansadas". 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 "cansadas" and "causados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cansadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "causados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #113,837 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cansadas" and "causados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cañadas vs cansadas". 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 #113,837 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