causey
/ˈkɔzi/noun
causey is spelled C-A-U-S-E-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, causey means “A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of causey is causeys.
How many letters and syllables are in causey?
| Letters | 6: C-A-U-S-E-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd 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 and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 causey?
Causey appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd 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 causey?
- UK /ˈkɔːzi/
- US /ˈkɔzi/
- US /ˈkɑzi/
Causey has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with causey?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as causey (/ɔzi/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cayuse.
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 causey
- causeys plural
- cauchie
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does causey mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteAn embankment holding in water; a dam.
- 2
A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.
- 3
A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does causey come from?
From Anglo-Norman caucie, chaucee et al., from Late Latin calceāta. In Guernsey use after Guernsey Norman cauchie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).