# casino

> English word · Noun · IPA /kəˈsiːnəʊ/ · frequency rank #5,483

## Definitions
1. A public building or room for gambling.
2. A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.
3. A certain Italian card game for two to four players.
4. Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.

## Etymology
From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”).

## Easily confused with
- **chino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-chino)
- **CSIRO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-csiro)
- **Castro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-castro)
- **caving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-caving)
- **causing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-causing)
- **casting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-casting)
- **chasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-chasing)
- **ceasing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-ceasing)
- **Cassini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casino-vs-cassini)
- **Cain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cain-vs-casino)
- **cabin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabin-vs-casino)
- **Cairo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cairo-vs-casino)
- **caring** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caring-vs-casino)
- **casing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casing-vs-casino)
- **canine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canine-vs-casino)
- **calico** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/calico-vs-casino)
- **Carina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carina-vs-casino)
- **casings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casings-vs-casino)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acsino`, `caisno`, `casinno`, `casion`, `casnio`, `cassino`, `ccasino`, `csaino`

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