césar

\se.zaʁ\

/\se.zaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“césar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,480. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,480
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empereur ; autocrate ; dictateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cesar · césar · French

césar · rank #4,480 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,480
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH criminel

Nearest frequency peer: criminel (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « césar »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « césar » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

césar vs CSA
0% similar
césar vs CSR
0% similar
césar vs char
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for césar
PropertyValue
Headwordcésar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\se.zaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,480
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « césar »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.césarse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « criminel » (#4,479), « danser » (#4,481), « crier » (#4,478). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « césar » est au #4,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around césar (IPA \se.zaʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,480 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for césar, with forms such as "ccésar", "cesar", and "cséar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CSA", "CSR", "char", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is césar, spelled C-É-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Empereur ; autocrate ; dictateur.
  2. 2
    Prince de l’empire byzantin. Titre notamment dévolu aux fils de l’empereur.
  3. 3
    Celui, celle qui est né par l’opération de la césarienne.
  4. 4
    Récompense honorifique française destinée aux professionnels du cinéma.
  5. 5
    Salade traditionnelle de brasserie composée essentiellement de croutons, de lardons, d’œuf et de parmesan, sur des feuilles de laitue romaine.
  6. 6
    Tartare de bœuf assaisonné et poêlé.
  7. 7
    Sauce à base essentiellement d’œuf, d’huile, d’ail, d’anchois, de parmesan et de crème.
  8. 8
    Cépage donnant du raisin sphérique, noir, à peau épaisse. Il est destiné entre autre à produire du vin rouge qui est également appelé romain. Bien qu’autorisé, il n’y en avait que 10 hectares en France en 2008.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how césar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le kaiser Joseph II et la tsarine Catherine II, les césars de l’Est, se rapprochaient l’un de l’autre. Le 30 avril, la flotte arriva à Krementchouk, retardée par des vents violents.
  2. Il n’est pas de sauveurs suprêmes : Ni Dieu, ni césar, ni tribun, Producteurs, sauvons-nous nous-mêmes ! Décrétons le salut commun !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccésar
  • cesar
  • cséar
  • céasr
  • césarr
  • césra
  • céssar
  • écsar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of césar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccésar1cesar1cséar2céasr2césarr1césra2céssar1écsar2
Edit distance from "césar"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "césar"?
"césar" is spelled C-É-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \se.zaʁ\.
What does "césar" mean?
As a noun, "césar" means: Empereur ; autocrate ; dictateur.
What words are commonly confused with "césar"?
"césar" is commonly confused with "CSA", "CSR", "char". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "césar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "césar" is \se.zaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "césar" come from?
"césar" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "césar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

crier#4,478gosse#4,492marne#4,506noble#4,513

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

craint8 variantscolonne8 variantsgâteau8 variantsassumer8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list