casten
[ˈkaːstn̩]
The verdict
“casten” is uncommon German (frequency #81,391 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,391
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Casting veranstalten; eine bestimmte Person für einen bestimmten Zweck (z. B. als Schauspieler oder Musiker) nach gezielter Suche auswählen
Corpus desk
Index DE-casten · casten · German
casten · rank #81,391 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,391
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH charmed
Nearest frequency peer: charmed (+2 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „casten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
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18,615 corpus weight
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capitalism
18,614 corpus weight
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capoeira
18,613 corpus weight
- casten
casten
18,610 corpus weight
- charmed
charmed
18,608 corpus weight
- Chilenen
Chilenen
18,607 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „casten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | casten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈkaːstn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „casten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
casten is uncommon German at frequency #81,391 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈkaːstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
casten has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is casten, spelled C-A-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Casting veranstalten; eine bestimmte Person für einen bestimmten Zweck (z. B. als Schauspieler oder Musiker) nach gezielter Suche auswählen
- 2ein Casting in der breiten Öffentlichkeit, in Anwesenheit der Medien durchführen (vergleiche Castingshow)
- 3Umwandlung eines Datentypen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how casten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Regisseur castet seine Schauspieler sehr sorgfältig.
Ich wurde gecastet und spielte dann in vier Folgen mit.
This word in other languages
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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