casket

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The verdict

“casket” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Kästchen, das Schmuckkästchen, die Schatulle

Corpus desk

Index DE-casket · casket · German

casket · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for casket
PropertyValue
Headwordcasket
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „casket“ im Deutschen

casketsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

casket is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for casket, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is casket, spelled C-A-S-K-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    das Kästchen, das Schmuckkästchen, die Schatulle
  2. 2
    die Urne, die Bestattungsurne
  3. 3
    AE der Sarg

Synonyms

little boxjewel boxreliquarycoffin

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "casket"?
"casket" is spelled C-A-S-K-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "casket" mean?
As a noun, "casket" means: das Kästchen, das Schmuckkästchen, die Schatulle
How do you pronounce "casket"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "casket" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "casket" come from?
"casket" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list