castle

[ˈkɑːs(ə)l]

/[ˈkɑːs(ə)l]/ noun

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The verdict

“castle” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,622. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,622
frequency rank, German
1,273
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schloss

Corpus desk

Index DE-castle · castle · German

castle · rank #11,622 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,622
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH carter

Nearest frequency peer: carter (-1 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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „castle“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „castle“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

castle vs Castor
50% similar
castle vs case
67% similar
castle vs carte
67% similar

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

Key facts for castle
PropertyValue
Headwordcastle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkɑːs(ə)l]
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,622
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „castle“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).castleliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „carter“ (#11,621), „Chelsea“ (#11,623), „Brenner“ (#11,620). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „castle“ bei #11,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around castle (IPA [ˈkɑːs(ə)l]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,622 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for castle, with forms such as "acstle", "caslte", and "casstle". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Castor", "case", "carte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is castle, spelled C-A-S-T-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schloss
  2. 2
    Burg
  3. 3
    (Schach) Turm
  4. 4
    im übertragenen Sinn: ein sicherer Rückzugsort

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how castle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The king resides in a big castle.
  2. The very well-known German castle "Neuschwanstein" is not a castle in the strict sense of the word.

Synonyms

rook

This word in other languages

château(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acstle
  • caslte
  • casstle
  • castel
  • castlle
  • casttle
  • catsle
  • ccastle
  • csatle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of castle - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acstle2caslte2casstle1castel2castlle1casttle1catsle2ccastle1
Edit distance from "castle"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "castle"?
"castle" is spelled C-A-S-T-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkɑːs(ə)l].
What does "castle" mean?
As a noun, "castle" means: Schloss
What words are commonly confused with "castle"?
"castle" is commonly confused with "Castor", "case", "carte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "castle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "castle" is [ˈkɑːs(ə)l]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "castle" come from?
"castle" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "castle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carter#11,621Demenz#11,626Boeing#11,617Dorfes#11,631

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Dynamo9 variantsEngels9 variantsAbreise9 variantsGriffen9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list