# Cassius vs Celsius

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Cassius
*name · IPA /ˈkæsi.əs/ · frequency rank #30,725*
A male given name from Latin.

### Celsius
*adjective · IPA /ˈsɛlsiəs/ · frequency rank #19,780*
Related to a metric temperature scale, originally defined as having the freezing point of water as 0 degrees and its boiling point as 100 degrees, at standard atmospheric pressure. The standardized definition has 0.01 °C as the triple point of water, and a difference in temperature of 1 °C corresponds to ¹⁄_(273.16) of the difference in temperature between the triple point and the absolute zero.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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