Which to use
“causées” and “causer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,897
- “causées” frequency rank
- #6,377
- “causer” frequency rank
- 24274
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causées | causer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe causer. | Être cause de ; occasionner, provoquer. |
Same sound, different letters: causées vs causer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - causées and causer
This is the hard kind. causées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
causées is recorded at frequency rank #17,897, 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 24274, this pair ranks #347,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of causées vs causer
Shared letters: acesu. Private to "causées": é. Private to "causer": r.
"causées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "causer" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- causer ← acuser · casuer · cauesr · causerr · causre · causser · ccauser · cuaser
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "causées" and "causer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "causées" or "causer"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "causées" / "causer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "causées" 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 #347,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causées" and "causer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causées vs chassées". 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 #347,541 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.