# caste vs cat

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### caste
*noun · IPA /kɑːst/ · frequency rank #12,934*
Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies or similar found historically in other cultures.

### cat
*noun · IPA /ˈkæt/ · frequency rank #1,713*
Terms relating to animals.

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