# czar

> English word · Noun · IPA /zɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #28,886

## Definitions
1. Alternative spelling of tsar (especially common in American English)
2. An appointed official tasked to regulate or oversee a specific area.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin Caesarbor.
Proto-Germanic *kaisarazder.
Proto-Slavic *cěsařь
Old East Slavic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ)
Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ)
Russian царь (carʹ)bor.
English czar
See tsar. The spelling czar, the older spelling in English, comes from the book Notes on Muscovite Affairs (1549) by Sigismund von Herberstein. It was supplanted by the alternative tsar in the 19th century.

## Easily confused with
- **CA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ca-vs-czar)
- **CR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cr-vs-czar)
- **cz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cz-vs-czar)
- **can** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/can-vs-czar)
- **car** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/car-vs-czar)
- **cat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cat-vs-czar)
- **cap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cap-vs-czar)
- **CIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cia-vs-czar)
- **cam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cam-vs-czar)
- **cal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cal-vs-czar)
- **cab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cab-vs-czar)
- **cha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cha-vs-czar)
- **cas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cas-vs-czar)
- **CPR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cpr-vs-czar)
- **CAD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cad-vs-czar)
- **cor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cor-vs-czar)
- **CBA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cba-vs-czar)
- **CPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cpa-vs-czar)
- **Cao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cao-vs-czar)
- **CSR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/csr-vs-czar)

## Common misspellings (6)
`cazr`, `cczar`, `czarr`, `czra`, `czzar`, `zcar`

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