Which to use
“causar” and “causará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,308
- “causar” frequency rank
- #28,274
- “causará” frequency rank
- 32582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causar | causará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que produce la causa su efecto. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de causar. |
Where the eye mixes causar and causará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: causar vs causará
A purely visual mix-up. causar ([kawˈsaɾ]) and causará ([kawsaˈɾa]) 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 extra letter(s) - “causar” sits inside “causará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
causar is recorded at frequency rank #4,308, classified as averb, pronounced [kawˈsaɾ]. causará is at rank #28,274, tagged as averb, pronounced [kawsaˈɾa].
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 32582, this pair ranks #201,240 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of causar vs causará
Shared letters: acrsu. Private to "causar": -. Private to "causará": á.
"causar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "causará" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- causar ← casuar · cauasr · causarr · causra · caussar · ccausar · cuasar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "causar" for "causará" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "causar" or "causará" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "causar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "causará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,240 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causar" and "causará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casará vs causará". 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 #201,240 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.