# causa

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ˈkaw.zɐ/ · frequency rank #340

## Definitions
1. aquilo ou aquele que ocasiona um acontecimento ou faz que uma coisa exista
2. princípio
3. origem
4. motivo, razão, pretexto
5. partido

## Easily confused with
- **CSA** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-csa)
- **cura** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-cura)
- **cuba** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-cuba)
- **cosa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-cosa)
- **coisa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-coisa)
- **chuva** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-chuva)
- **custa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-custa)
- **crush** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-crush)
- **causar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-causar)
- **causal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-causal)
- **causado** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/causa-vs-causado)
- **casa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/casa-vs-causa)
- **cada** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cada-vs-causa)
- **caso** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caso-vs-causa)
- **cara** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cara-vs-causa)
- **cama** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cama-vs-causa)
- **capa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/capa-vs-causa)
- **caça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caca-vs-causa)
- **caos** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/caos-vs-causa)
- **cana** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/cana-vs-causa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`acusa`, `casua`, `cauas`, `caussa`, `ccausa`, `cuasa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/causa