campavscausaTell them apart

Which to use

“campa” and “causa” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,885
“campa” frequency rank
#340
“causa” frequency rank
33225
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature campa causa
Definition laje que cobre o sepulcro aquilo ou aquele que ocasiona um acontecimento ou faz que uma coisa exista

Letter map: campa vs causa

Shared letters muted; letters that set campa and causa apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. campa (CVCCV) and causa (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
campa
5 ch
causa

Pair insight - campa / causa

campa and causa are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

campa is recorded at frequency rank #32,885, classified as anoun. causa is at rank #340, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaw.zɐ/.

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 33225, this pair ranks #34,341 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of campa vs causa

Shared letters: ac. Private to "campa": mp. Private to "causa": su.

"campa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "causa" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • campa ← acmpa · camap · cammpa · camppa · capma · ccampa · cmapa
  • causa ← acusa · casua · cauas · caussa · ccausa · cuasa

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "campa" and "causa" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "campa" vs "causa" - which ranks higher?
"causa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #340 in our Portuguese list, against #32,885 for "campa". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "campa" vs "causa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "campa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "causa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,341 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "campa" and "causa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campa vs canja". 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 #34,341 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list