cassadavscausadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: cassada is a adjective, causado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“cassada” is an adjective and “causado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,324
“cassada” frequency rank
#5,285
“causado” frequency rank
48609
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cassada causado
Definition forma feminina de cassado. particípio do verbo causar

Letter map: cassada vs causado

Shared letters muted; letters that set cassada and causado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. cassada (CVCCVCV) and causado (CVVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
cassada
7 ch
causado

Part-of-speech tell for cassada / causado

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cassada is anadjective and causadoaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cassada is recorded at frequency rank #43,324, classified as anadj, pronounced /ka.ˈsa.də/. causado is at rank #5,285, tagged as averb.

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 48609, this pair ranks #16,562 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cassada vs causado

Shared letters: acds. Private to "cassada": -. Private to "causado": ou.

"cassada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "causado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cassada ← acssada · casada · casasda · cassaad · cassadda · cassdaa · ccassada · csasada
  • causado ← acusado · casuado · cauasdo · causaddo · causaod · causdao · caussado · ccausado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cassada" and "causado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "cassada" is an adjective and "causado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "cassada" or "causado"?
"causado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,285 in our Portuguese list, against #43,324 for "cassada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "cassada" vs "causado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cassada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "causado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,562 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cassada" and "causado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casaca vs cassada". 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 #16,562 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