césar

/\se.zaʁ\/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,480

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

césar is aFrenchnoun. It means: Empereur ; autocrate ; dictateur. Pronounced \se.zaʁ\. It ranks #4,480 in French word frequency. Often confused with CSA and CSR.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of césar in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for césar is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \se.zaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,480 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for césar, with forms such as "ccésar", "cesar", and "cséar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is césar, spelled C-É-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccésar,cesar,cséar,céasr,césarr,césra,céssar,écsar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for césar

Misspelling Variants of "césar"

ccésar6cesar5cséar5céasr5césarr6césra5céssar6écsar5
Misspelling Variants of "césar"

Frequency rank: #4,480 in French

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.