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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.

6 ch
causar
7 ch
causará

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

  • causarcasuar · cauasr · causarr · causra · caussar · ccausar · cuasar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "causar" for "causará" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kawˈsaɾ] versus [kawsaˈɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "causar" or "causará" show up more?
"causar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,308 in our Spanish list, against #28,274 for "causará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list