Which to use
“causées” and “causés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,897
- “causées” frequency rank
- #10,466
- “causés” frequency rank
- 28363
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causées | causés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel du verbe causer. | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe causer. |
Same sound, different letters: causées vs causés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - causées and causés
This is the hard kind. causées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28363, 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\. 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 28363, this pair ranks #323,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of causées vs causés
Shared letters: acsué. Private to "causées": e. Private to "causés": -.
"causées" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "causés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "causées" and "causés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "causées" or "causés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "causées" 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 #323,297 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causées" and "causés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causées vs chassées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #323,297 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.