# case

> English word · Noun · IPA /keɪs/ · frequency rank #255

## Definitions
1. An actual event, situation, or fact.
2. A given condition or state.
3. A specific matter or piece of work, specifically defined within a profession, usually in respect of a specific person and/or event; the set of tasks involved in addressing one such matter.
4. An instance or event as a topic of study.
5. A legal proceeding; a lawsuit or prosecution.
6. A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.
7. Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.
8. An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
9. A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
10. A love affair.

## Etymology
From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall, to drop”).

## Easily confused with
- **cs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cs)
- **CE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-ce)
- **cat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cat)
- **CBS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cbs)
- **cos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cos)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cue)
- **CDs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cds)
- **cis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cis)
- **che** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-che)
- **CSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-css)
- **CPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cps)
- **CMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cms)
- **CVS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cvs)
- **CSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-csi)
- **CES** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-ces)
- **CSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-csr)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-coe)
- **CSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-csa)
- **CFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cfs)
- **CST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cst)

## Common misspellings (5)
`acse`, `caes`, `casse`, `ccase`, `csae`

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