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

#15,800
“causadas” frequency rank
#12,106
“causados” frequency rank
27906
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes causadas and causados

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

8 ch
causadas
8 ch
causados

Visual trap between causadas and causados

A purely visual mix-up. causadas ([kawˈsað̞as]) 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 differ by a single letter - a in “causadas” becomes o in “causados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

causadas is recorded at frequency rank #15,800, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kawˈsað̞as]. 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 27906, this pair ranks #224,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of causadas vs causados

Shared letters: acdsu. Private to "causadas": -. Private to "causados": o.

"causadas" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "causados" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • causadascasuadas · cauasdas · causaads · causadass · causaddas · causadsa · causdaas · caussadas
  • causadoscasuados · cauasdos · causaddos · causadoss · causadso · causaods · causdaos · caussados

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "causadas" for "causados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kawˈsað̞as] versus [kawˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "causadas" vs "causados" - which ranks higher?
"causados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,106 in our Spanish list, against #15,800 for "causadas". 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 "causadas" 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 #224,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "causadas" and "causados" 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 #224,588 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