# Caesar

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈsiːzə/ · frequency rank #9,576

## Definitions
1. An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
2. The government; society; earthly powers.

## 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.)

## Easily confused with
- **casa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caesar-vs-casa)
- **clear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caesar-vs-clear)
- **cedar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caesar-vs-cedar)
- **Cesar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caesar-vs-cesar)
- **Casas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caesar-vs-casas)
- **causal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caesar-vs-causal)
- **caviar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caesar-vs-caviar)
- **Caspar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caesar-vs-caspar)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acesar`, `caeasr`, `caesarr`, `caesra`, `caessar`, `casear`, `ccaesar`, `ceasar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/caesar