# tsar

> English word · Noun · IPA /(t)sɑː/ · frequency rank #23,710

## Definitions
1. An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
2. A person with great power; an autocrat.

## 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 tsar
Borrowed from Russian царь (carʹ), from Old East Slavic цьсарь (cĭsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet of Caesar and Kaiser. The spelling tsar began to replace the older czar in the nineteenth century. Compare Byzantine Greek Τζαῖσαρ (Tzaîsar).

## Easily confused with
- **tsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tsk)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tse)
- **TWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-twa)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tur)
- **TSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tsm)
- **tss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tss)
- **Tsu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tsu)
- **Tyr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tyr)
- **twat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-twat)
- **tuan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tuan)
- **Tsui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tsar-vs-tsui)
- **TA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ta-vs-tsar)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ts-vs-tsar)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tax-vs-tsar)
- **tea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tea-vs-tsar)
- **tag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tsar)
- **tap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tap-vs-tsar)
- **tan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tan-vs-tsar)
- **tab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tab-vs-tsar)
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tar-vs-tsar)

## Common misspellings (4)
`tasr`, `tsra`, `tssar`, `ttsar`

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