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Which to use

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

#16,035
“casadas” frequency rank
#15,800
“causadas” frequency rank
31835
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casadas causadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de casado, participio de casar o de casarse. Forma del femenino plural de causado, participio de causar.

Where the eye mixes casadas and causadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
casadas
8 ch
causadas

Visual trap between casadas and causadas

A purely visual mix-up. casadas ([kaˈsað̞as]) 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 31835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casadas is recorded at frequency rank #16,035, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kaˈsað̞as]. 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 31835, this pair ranks #205,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of casadas vs causadas

Shared letters: acds. Private to "casadas": -. Private to "causadas": u.

"casadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "causadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casadasacsadas · caasdas · casaads · casadass · casaddas · casadsa · casdaas · cassadas
  • causadascasuadas · cauasdas · causaads · causadass · causaddas · causadsa · causdaas · caussadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "casadas" for "causadas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈsað̞as] versus [kawˈsað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "casadas" vs "causadas" - which ranks higher?
"causadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,800 in our Spanish list, against #16,035 for "casadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "casadas" 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 #205,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casadas" and "causadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casadas vs casará". 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 #205,070 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