# cair

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #47,515

## Definitions
1. To go.
2. To carry.
3. To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.

## Etymology
From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“tu turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.

## Easily confused with
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cr)
- **ci** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-ci)
- **can** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-can)
- **car** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-car)
- **cat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cat)
- **cap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cap)
- **CIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cia)
- **cam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cam)
- **cal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cal)
- **chi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-chi)
- **cis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cis)
- **cas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cas)
- **CPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cpr)
- **CGI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cgi)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cor)
- **CPI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cpi)
- **Civ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-civ)
- **CSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-csi)
- **Cao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-cao)
- **CSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cair-vs-csr)

## Common misspellings (5)
`acir`, `cairr`, `cari`, `ccair`, `ciar`

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