Which to use
“cause” and “chaude” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #332
- “cause” frequency rank
- #3,987
- “chaude” frequency rank
- 4319
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cause | chaude |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ce qui fait qu’une chose est ou s’opère. | Degré de température nécessaire pour travailler certaines matières. |
Where the eye mixes cause and chaude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cause vs chaude
A purely visual mix-up. cause (\koz\) and chaude (\ʃod\) 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 4319, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cause is recorded at frequency rank #332, classified as anoun, pronounced \koz\. chaude is at rank #3,987, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ʃod\.
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 4319, this pair ranks #431,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cause vs chaude
Shared letters: aceu. Private to "cause": s. Private to "chaude": dh.
"cause" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "chaude" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cause" for "chaude" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cause" or "chaude"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cause" and "chaude" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cause" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,910 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cause" and "chaude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cause vs causses". 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 #431,910 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.