casual

adj

The verdict

“casual” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,840. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,840
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,948
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se daquilo que depende do acaso para ocorrer, acidental, eventual

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

casual vs casulo
67% similar
casual vs causal
67% similar
casual vs caudal
67% similar

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

Key facts for casual
PropertyValue
Headwordcasual
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,840
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “casual” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). casual lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around casual, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,840 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "diz-se daquilo que depende do acaso para ocorrer, acidental, eventual".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for casual, with forms such as "acsual", "casaul", and "cassual". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "casulo", "causal", "caudal", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is casual, spelled C-A-S-U-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se daquilo que depende do acaso para ocorrer, acidental, eventual

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acsual
  • casaul
  • cassual
  • casuall
  • casula
  • ccasual
  • csaual

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casual - 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.

acsual2casaul2cassual1casuall1casula2ccasual1csaual2
Edit distance from "casual"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "casual"?
"casual" is spelled C-A-S-U-A-L.
What does "casual" mean?
As an adjective, "casual" means: diz-se daquilo que depende do acaso para ocorrer, acidental, eventual
What words are commonly confused with "casual"?
"casual" is commonly confused with "casulo", "causal", "caudal". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "casual" come from?
"casual" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “casual”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-S-U-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “casulo” - see the side-by-side comparison. casual vs casulo
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Same frequency band

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list