casusvscausésWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: casus is a noun, causés is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“casus” is a noun and “causés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,398
“casus” frequency rank
#10,466
“causés” frequency rank
58864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casus causés
Definition Chute. Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe causer.

Letter map: casus vs causés

Shared letters muted; letters that set casus and causés apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
casus
6 ch
causés

Grammar separator: casus vs causés

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: casus is anoun and causésaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casus is recorded at frequency rank #48,398, classified as anoun. causés is at rank #10,466, tagged as averb, pronounced \ko.ze\.

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 58864, this pair ranks #106,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of casus vs causés

Shared letters: acsu. Private to "casus": -. Private to "causés": é.

"casus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "causés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • casusacsus · cassu · cassus · casuss · causs · ccasus · csaus

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "casus" for "causés" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "casus" is a noun and "causés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "casus" vs "causés" - which ranks higher?
"causés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,466 in our French list, against #48,398 for "casus". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "casus" and "causés". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "casus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "causés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casus" and "causés" 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 #106,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list