casual
ca·su·al/ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/adjective, noun
casual is spelled C-A-S-U-A-L: 6 letters and 3 syllables (ca·su·al). It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, casual means “Happening by chance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in casual?
| Letters | 6: C-A-S-U-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ca·su·al |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is casual?
Casual appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce casual?
- UK /ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/
- UK /ˈkaʒjuːəl/
- UK /ˈkazjuːəl/
Casual has 3 syllables, split ca·su·al in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: EN-AU_ck1_casual.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with casual
Also written: cas'.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with casual?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as casual (/aʒəl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: causal, casula.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of casual
- more casual comparative
- most casual superlative
- casuall
- cazh
- casuals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does casual mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Happening by chance.
They only had casual meetings.
- 2
Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense.
- 3
Employed irregularly.
He was just a casual worker.
- 4
Careless.
- 5
Happening or coming to pass without design.
- 6
Informal; relaxed.
tone in casual interactions
- 7
Designed for informal or everyday use.
pants in the casual wear collection
noun
- 1
AustraliaUKA worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- 2
A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
- 3
A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
- 4
UKA member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- 5
UKOne who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
- 6
derogatoryinformalA player of casual games.
The devs dumbed the game down so the casuals could enjoy it.
- 7
slangA person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
Casuals outnumbered regulars in the art-house audience two to one.
- 8
UKdatedA tramp.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate casual?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of casual: cas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Casual in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fortuit, accidentel, de hasard , occasionnel , désinvolte , informel |
| German | zufällig, beiläufig , gelegentlich , gleichgültig , unmethodisch |
| Portuguese | casual, fortuito, ocasional |
| Spanish | casual , malagana , desenfadado, distendido, destensado, desenvuelto |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does casual come from?
From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).