# Casper vs caster

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Casper
*name · IPA /ˈkæspɚ/ · frequency rank #22,313*
A male given name from Old Persian, of occasional usage, variant of Caspar.

### caster
*noun · IPA /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #25,312*
Someone or something that casts.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casper-vs-caster