Which to use
“cast” is a verb and “CBS” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,686
- “cast” frequency rank
- #5,664
- “CBS” frequency rank
- 7350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cast | CBS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To move, or be moved, away. | Initialism of Columbia Broadcasting System: a U.S. television and radio network, now officially known as CBS Broadcasting. |
Letter map: cast vs CBS
Shared letters muted; letters that set cast and CBS apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cast is averb and CBSaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cast is recorded at frequency rank #1,686, classified as averb, pronounced /kɑːst/. CBS is at rank #5,664, tagged as aname.
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 7350, this pair ranks #507,492 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cast vs CBS
Shared letters: cs. Private to "cast": at. Private to "CBS": b.
"cast" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "CBS" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cast ← acst · casst · castt · ccast · csat