# cascade

> English word · Noun · IPA /kæsˈkeɪd/ · frequency rank #15,582

## Definitions
1. A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.
2. A stream or sequence of a thing or things occurring as if falling like a cascade.
3. A series of electrical (or other types of) components, the output of any one being connected to the input of the next.
4. A pattern typically performed with an odd number of props, where each prop is caught by the opposite hand.
5. A sequence of absurd short messages posted to a newsgroup by different authors, each one responding to the most recent message and quoting the entire sequence to that point (with ever-increasing indentation).
6. A hairpiece for women consisting of curled locks or a bun attached to a firm base, used to create the illusion of fuller hair.
7. A series of reactions in which the product of one becomes a reactant in the next

## Etymology
From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.

## Easily confused with
- **Cascades** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cascade-vs-cascades)

## Common misspellings (10)
`acscade`, `cacsade`, `casacde`, `cascadde`, `cascaed`, `casccade`, `cascdae`, `casscade`, `ccascade`, `csacade`

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