Which to use
“casket” and “casks” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,583
- “casket” frequency rank
- #41,038
- “casks” frequency rank
- 61621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casket | casks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A little box, e.g. for jewellery. | plural of cask |
Where the eye mixes casket and casks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: casket vs casks
A purely visual mix-up. casket (/ˈkæs.kɪt/) and casks (/kɑːsks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casket is recorded at frequency rank #20,583, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkæs.kɪt/. casks is at rank #41,038, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɑːsks/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 61621, this pair ranks #93,184 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casket vs casks
Shared letters: acks. Private to "casket": et. Private to "casks": -.
"casket" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "casks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "casket" and "casks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "casket" or "casks"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "casket" and "casks" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casket" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "casks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,184 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casket" and "casks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "casks vs cates". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #93,184 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.