causar

//kaw.ˈzaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,619

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

causar is aPortugueseverb. It means: fazer acontecer, ser causa de Pronounced /kaw.ˈzaɾ/. It ranks #2,619 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with César and cavar.

Key facts for causar
PropertyValue
Headwordcausar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kaw.ˈzaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,619
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of causar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for causar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kaw.ˈzaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,619 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "fazer acontecer, ser causa de".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for causar, with forms such as "casuar", "cauasr", and "causarr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "César", "cavar", "cruzar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is causar, spelled C-A-U-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer acontecer, ser causa de

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: casuar,cauasr,causarr,causra,caussar,ccausar,cuasar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for causar

Misspelling Variants of "causar"

casuar6cauasr6causarr7causra6caussar7ccausar7cuasar6
Misspelling Variants of "causar"

Frequency rank: #2,619 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "causar"?
"causar" is spelled C-A-U-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kaw.ˈzaɾ/.
What does "causar" mean?
As a verb, "causar" means: fazer acontecer, ser causa de
What words are commonly confused with "causar"?
"causar" is commonly confused with "César", "cavar", "cruzar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "causar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "causar" is /kaw.ˈzaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "causar" come from?
"causar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.