Cason
"cason" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Cason” is uncommon English (frequency #95,804 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,804
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Old English.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cason · Cason · English
Cason · rank #95,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,804
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carruth
Nearest frequency peer: Carruth (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Cason”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Carinthia
Carinthia
4,203 corpus weight
- carload
carload
4,202 corpus weight
- carpetbagger
carpetbagger
4,199 corpus weight
- Carruth
Carruth
4,198 corpus weight
- Cason
Cason
4,197 corpus weight
- catechetical
catechetical
4,193 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Cason” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cason |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #95,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Cason” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Cason is uncommon English at frequency #95,804 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Cason has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: As an English surname, a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk. Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetan form of casa (“house”). The correct English form is Cason, spelled C-A-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname from Old English.
- 2A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cason appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I named him Cason; it was my grandfather's middle name and the second that he was born, I could see that it suited him.
Etymology
As an English surname, a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk. Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetan form of casa (“house”).
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).