Which to use
“causée” and “causer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,330
- “causée” frequency rank
- #6,377
- “causer” frequency rank
- 18707
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causée | causer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe causer. | Être cause de ; occasionner, provoquer. |
Same sound, different letters: causée vs causer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. causée (CVVCVV) and causer (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - causée / causer
This is the hard kind. causée and causer are pronounced identically (\ko.ze\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18707, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
causée is recorded at frequency rank #12,330, classified as averb, pronounced \ko.ze\. causer is at rank #6,377, 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 18707, this pair ranks #376,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of causée vs causer
Shared letters: acesu. Private to "causée": é. Private to "causer": r.
"causée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "causer" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- causer ← acuser · casuer · cauesr · causerr · causre · causser · ccauser · cuaser
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "causée" and "causer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "causée" or "causer" show up more?
Useful next steps
"causée" and "causer" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "causée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "causer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,966 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causée" and "causer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causée 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 #376,966 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.