castingvsHeinzTell them apart

Quick tell: casting is a verb, Heinz is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“casting” is a verb and “Heinz” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,793
“casting” frequency rank
#1,888
“Heinz” frequency rank
15681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature casting Heinz
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs cast Holzgerüst zum Trocknen des Heus

Letter map: casting vs Heinz

Shared letters muted; letters that set casting and Heinz apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
casting
5 ch
Heinz

Grammar separator: casting vs Heinz

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: casting is averb and Heinzanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

casting is recorded at frequency rank #13,793, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Heinz is at rank #1,888, tagged as anoun, 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 15681, this pair ranks #1,941,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of casting vs Heinz

Shared letters: in. Private to "casting": acgst. Private to "Heinz": ehz.

"casting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "Heinz" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • castingacsting · casitng · cassting · castign · castingg · castinng · castnig · castting
  • Heinzehinz · heinnz · heinzz · heizn · heniz · hheinz · hienz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "casting" for "Heinz" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "casting" is a verb and "Heinz" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "casting" vs "Heinz" - which ranks higher?
"Heinz" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,888 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "casting" and "Heinz".

  • Full dictionary entry for "casting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Heinz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,941,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "casting" and "Heinz" 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 #1,941,988 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