Which to use
“casus” and “cause” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,398
- “casus” frequency rank
- #332
- “cause” frequency rank
- 48730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casus | cause |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chute. | Ce qui fait qu’une chose est ou s’opère. |
Letter map: casus vs cause
Shared letters muted; letters that set casus and cause apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Corpus notes: casus and cause
casus and cause are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casus is recorded at frequency rank #48,398, classified as anoun. cause is at rank #332, tagged as anoun, pronounced \koz\.
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 48730, this pair ranks #176,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of casus vs cause
Shared letters: acsu. Private to "casus": -. Private to "cause": e.
"casus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cause" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casus" and "cause" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "casus" or "cause" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "casus" and "cause". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "casus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cause" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,489 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casus" and "cause" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cakes vs casus". 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 #176,489 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.