Kastellan
[kastɛˈlaːn]
The verdict
“Kastellan” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verwalter oder Aufsichtsbeamter eines größeren Anwesens wie einer Burg oder eines Schlosses
Corpus desk
Index DE-kastellan · Kastellan · German
Kastellan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kastellan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kastɛˈlaːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kastellan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kastellan is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kastɛˈlaːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verwalter oder Aufsichtsbeamter eines größeren Anwesens wie einer Burg oder eines Schlosses".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Kastellan, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Kastellan, spelled K-A-S-T-E-L-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Verwalter oder Aufsichtsbeamter eines größeren Anwesens wie einer Burg oder eines Schlosses
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Kastellan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lange zogen wir die Glocke, bis schließlich der Kastellan erschien.“
„Und so wandte man sich denn auch rasch entschlossen dem Kastellan zu, freilich nicht ohne sein Visàvis, den nach links hin stehenden Küster, mit einem hoffnunggebenden Gruße gestreift zu haben.“
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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.