Kastens
[ˈkastn̩s]
The verdict
“Kastens” is uncommon German (frequency #86,671 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,671
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kasten
Corpus desk
Index DE-kastens · Kastens · German
Kastens · rank #86,671 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,671
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH Kanüle
Nearest frequency peer: Kanüle (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Kastens“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- kampfunfähig
kampfunfähig
13,333 corpus weight
- kanadisches
kanadisches
13,332 corpus weight
- Kanüle
Kanüle
13,331 corpus weight
- Kastens
Kastens
13,330 corpus weight
- Katarakt
Katarakt
13,329 corpus weight
- Kaufangebot
Kaufangebot
13,327 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Kastens“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kastens |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkastn̩s] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Kastens“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Kastens is uncommon German at frequency #86,671 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkastn̩s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kasten".
Kastens doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Kastens, spelled K-A-S-T-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Kasten
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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