Which to use
“causée” and “causés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,330
- “causée” frequency rank
- #10,466
- “causés” frequency rank
- 22796
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causée | causés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe causer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe causer. |
Same sound, different letters: causée vs causés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. causée (CVVCVV) and causés (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: causée vs causés
This is the hard kind. causée and causés 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 differ by a single letter - e in “causée” becomes s in “causés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22796, 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\. 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 22796, this pair ranks #356,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of causée vs causés
Shared letters: acsué. Private to "causée": e. Private to "causés": -.
"causée" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "causés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "causée" and "causés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "causée" vs "causés" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "causée" / "causés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "causée" 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 #356,122 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causée" and "causés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causée vs causses". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #356,122 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.