# casual

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/ · frequency rank #4,832

## Definitions
1. Happening by chance.
2. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
3. Employed irregularly.
4. Careless.
5. Happening or coming to pass without design.
6. Informal; relaxed.
7. Designed for informal or everyday use.

## Etymology
From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).

## Easily confused with
- **causal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casual-vs-causal)
- **caudal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casual-vs-caudal)
- **costal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casual-vs-costal)
- **coastal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casual-vs-coastal)
- **casually** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casual-vs-casually)
- **casualty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casual-vs-casualty)
- **casa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casa-vs-casual)
- **canal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canal-vs-casual)
- **cabal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabal-vs-casual)
- **Casas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casas-vs-casual)
- **carnal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carnal-vs-casual)
- **Caspar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caspar-vs-casual)
- **carpal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carpal-vs-casual)
- **Cassel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-casual)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acsual`, `casaul`, `cassual`, `casuall`, `casula`, `ccasual`, `csaual`

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