Which to use
“causa” and “causés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,078
- “causa” frequency rank
- #10,466
- “causés” frequency rank
- 30544
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causa | causés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de causer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe causer. |
Where the eye mixes causa and causés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses causa with causés
A purely visual mix-up. causa (\ko.za\) and causés (\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 30544, 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\. 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 30544, this pair ranks #309,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of causa vs causés
Shared letters: acsu. Private to "causa": -. Private to "causés": é.
"causa" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "causés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- causa ← acusa · casua · cauas · caussa · ccausa · cuasa
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "causa" and "causés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "causa" or "causés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "causa" 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 #309,590 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causa" and "causés" 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 #309,590 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.