Caesar
/ˈsiːzə/
"caesar" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Caesar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,576
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
Corpus desk
Index EN-caesar · Caesar · English
Caesar · rank #9,576 · 8 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,576
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Burton
Nearest frequency peer: Burton (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Caesar”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Boeing
Boeing
90,429 corpus weight
- Burton
Burton
90,426 corpus weight
- Caesar
Caesar
90,425 corpus weight
- cans
cans
90,423 corpus weight
- Carroll
Carroll
90,422 corpus weight
- cavalry
cavalry
90,421 corpus weight
What this shows “Caesar” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caesar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsiːzə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Caesar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Caesar (IPA /ˈsiːzə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,576 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Caesar, with forms such as "acesar", "caeasr", and "caesarr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "casa", "clear", "cedar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.) The correct English form is Caesar, spelled C-A-E-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
- 2The government; society; earthly powers.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Caesar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Caesars were an ancient and aristocratic family, which for eight generations had been prominent in the commonwealth.
Habel, 63 ff., believes that up to 51 the emperors bestowed priesthoods on the Caesares, using their special power of commendation; but that these Caesares were forced to wait until a place in a college was vacant; that after 51 the Caesares were elected by the senate.
Etymology
From Latin Caesar. Displaced Old English cāsere, which would have yielded *caser, *coser, and Middle English keiser, kaiser, from Old Norse and continental Germanic languages. All ultimately from the same Latin root. (See also Kaiser and tsar.)
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acesar
- caeasr
- caesarr
- caesra
- caessar
- casear
- ccaesar
- ceasar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Caesar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Caesar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).