cásatevscausanteTell them apart

Quick tell: cásate is a verb, causante is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cásate” is a verb and “causante” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,535
“cásate” frequency rank
#16,785
“causante” frequency rank
51320
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cásate causante
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de casarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico). Que causa.

Where the eye mixes cásate and causante

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cásate runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against causante's 8 (CVVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cásate
8 ch
causante

Look-alike desk: cásate vs causante

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cásate is [ˈkasat̪e] while causante is [kawˈsãn̪t̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cásate is recorded at frequency rank #34,535, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈkasat̪e]. causante is at rank #16,785, tagged as anadj, pronounced [kawˈsãn̪t̪e].

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 51320, this pair ranks #98,485 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of cásate vs causante

Shared letters: acest. Private to "cásate": á. Private to "causante": nu.

"cásate" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "causante" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • causante ← acusante · casuante · cauasnte · causanet · causannte · causantte · causatne · causnate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cásate" for "causante" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cásate" is a verb and "causante" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "cásate" or "causante" show up more?
"causante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,785 in our Spanish list, against #34,535 for "cásate". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "cásate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "causante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #98,485 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cásate" and "causante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casará vs cásate". 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 #98,485 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