Which to use
“causa” is a noun and “causado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #340
- “causa” frequency rank
- #5,285
- “causado” frequency rank
- 5625
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | causa | causado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aquilo ou aquele que ocasiona um acontecimento ou faz que uma coisa exista | particípio do verbo causar |
Letter map: causa vs causado
Shared letters muted; letters that set causa and causado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for causa / causado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: causa is anoun and causadoaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “causa” sits inside “causado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
causa is recorded at frequency rank #340, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaw.zɐ/. 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 5625, this pair ranks #68,954 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of causa vs causado
Shared letters: acsu. Private to "causa": -. Private to "causado": do.
"causa" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "causado" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "causa" and "causado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "causa" or "causado"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "causa" 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 #68,954 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "causa" and "causado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caução vs causado". 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 #68,954 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.