Which to use
“causés” is a verb and “chaudes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,466
- “causés” frequency rank
- #10,124
- “chaudes” frequency rank
- 20590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causés | chaudes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe causer. | Féminin pluriel de chaud. |
Where the eye mixes causés and chaudes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between causés and chaudes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: causés is \ko.ze\ while chaudes is \ʃod\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
causés is recorded at frequency rank #10,466, classified as averb, pronounced \ko.ze\. chaudes is at rank #10,124, tagged as anadj, 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 20590, this pair ranks #367,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of causés vs chaudes
Shared letters: acsu. Private to "causés": é. Private to "chaudes": deh.
"causés" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "chaudes" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- chaudes ← cahudes · cchaudes · chadues · chauddes · chaudess · chaudse · chaueds · chhaudes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "causés" and "chaudes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "causés" vs "chaudes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "causés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaudes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #367,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causés" and "chaudes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causés 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 #367,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.