cassar

//ka.ˈsaɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,183

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cassar is aPortugueseverb. It means: impedir que produza efeitos, anular, revogar (direitos políticos, mandatos, licenças, etc.): Pronounced /ka.ˈsaɾ/. Often confused with causa and César.

Key facts for cassar
PropertyValue
Headwordcassar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ka.ˈsaɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,183
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cassar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cassar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ka.ˈsaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #34,183 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for cassar, with forms such as "acssar", "casar", and "casasr". 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, "causa", "César", "cavar", 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 Portuguese form is cassar, spelled C-A-S-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
    impedir que produza efeitos, anular, revogar (direitos políticos, mandatos, licenças, etc.):
  2. 2
    privar de, apreender, recolher (documentos, publicações, etc.):
  3. 3
    romper, quebrar:

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acssar,casar,casasr,cassarr,cassra,ccassar,csasar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cassar

Misspelling Variants of "cassar"

acssar6casar5casasr6cassarr7cassra6ccassar7csasar6
Misspelling Variants of "cassar"

Frequency rank: #34,183 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cassar"?
"cassar" is spelled C-A-S-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ka.ˈsaɾ/.
What does "cassar" mean?
As a verb, "cassar" means: impedir que produza efeitos, anular, revogar (direitos políticos, mandatos, licenças, etc.):
What words are commonly confused with "cassar"?
"cassar" is commonly confused with "causa", "César", "cavar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cassar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cassar" is /ka.ˈsaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cassar" come from?
"cassar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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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.