Which to use
“causa” and “causée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,078
- “causa” frequency rank
- #12,330
- “causée” frequency rank
- 32408
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causa | causée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de causer. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe causer. |
Where the eye mixes causa and causée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between causa and causée
A purely visual mix-up. causa (\ko.za\) and causée (\ko.ze\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
causa is recorded at frequency rank #20,078, classified as averb, pronounced \ko.za\. causée is at rank #12,330, 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 32408, this pair ranks #297,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of causa vs causée
Shared letters: acsu. Private to "causa": -. Private to "causée": eé.
"causa" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "causée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- causa ← acusa · casua · cauas · caussa · ccausa · cuasa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "causa" for "causée" ever safe?
Which is more common, "causa" or "causée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "causa" and "causée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "causa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "causée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,493 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causa" and "causée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causa vs coupa". 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 #297,493 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.