Kastell
[kasˈtɛl]
The verdict
“Kastell” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,520
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein befestigtes römisches Truppenlager
Corpus desk
Index DE-kastell · Kastell · German
Kastell · rank #47,520 · 9 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,520
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH katapultiert
Nearest frequency peer: katapultiert (+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 „Kastell“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad
52,485 corpus weight
- Kannibalen
Kannibalen
52,484 corpus weight
- kaputtmachen
kaputtmachen
52,483 corpus weight
- Kastell
Kastell
52,481 corpus weight
- katapultiert
katapultiert
52,480 corpus weight
- kebab
kebab
52,478 corpus weight
What this shows „Kastell“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kastell |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kasˈtɛl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,520 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Kastell“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Kastell (IPA [kasˈtɛl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,520 among 4,158 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kastell, with forms such as "akstell", "kasetll", and "kasstell". 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, "Kasten", "Kaste", "Kassel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Kastell, spelled K-A-S-T-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1ein befestigtes römisches Truppenlager
- 2eine Burg oder ein befestigtes Schloss
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kastell appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Das Kastell Niederberg ist ein ehemaliges römisches Auxiliarkastell des Obergermanischen Limes, der seit 2005 den Status eines UNESCO-Weltkulturerbes besitzt.
„Schon die Römer erkannten die Geländestufe und errichteten hier ein Kastell, das »Castellum apud confluentes«.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- akstell
- kasetll
- kasstell
- kastel
- kastlel
- kasttell
- katsell
- kkastell
- ksatell
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kastell - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Kastell", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).