casanova
/kæsəˈnoʊvə/
"casanova" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“casanova” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #33,558 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,558
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of Casanova.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | casanova |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kæsəˈnoʊvə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “casanova” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for casanova is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kæsəˈnoʊvə/. Corpus data places it at rank #33,558 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Alternative letter-case form of Casanova.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for casanova, with forms such as "acsanova", "caasnova", and "casannova". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is casanova, spelled C-A-S-A-N-O-V-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of Casanova.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acsanova,caasnova,casannova,casanoav,casanovva,casanvoa,casaonva,casnaova,cassanova,ccasanova,csaanova
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casanova - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “casanova”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-A-S-A-N-O-V-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kæsəˈnoʊvə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.