castingvsetWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“casting” and “et” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,793
“casting” frequency rank
#1,447
“et” frequency rank
15240
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casting et
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs cast Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs eat

Letter map: casting vs et

Shared letters muted; letters that set casting and et apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

7 ch
casting
2 ch
et

Spelling & dictionary notes on casting vs et

casting and et are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casting is recorded at frequency rank #13,793, classified as averb, pronounced […]. et is at rank #1,447, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 15240, this pair ranks #1,945,377 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of casting vs et

Shared letters: t. Private to "casting": acgins. Private to "et": e.

"casting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "et" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • castingacsting · casitng · cassting · castign · castingg · castinng · castnig · castting

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "casting" and "et" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 5 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "casting" or "et" show up more?
"et" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,447 in our German list, against #13,793 for "casting". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "casting" and "et". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "casting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "et" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,945,377 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casting" and "et" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casting vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,945,377 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list