# casket

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkæs.kɪt/ · frequency rank #20,583

## Definitions
1. A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
2. An urn.
3. A coffin.
4. A gasket.

## Etymology
Probably from Norman cassette. Possibly reformed by analogy with cask, thus analyzable as cask + -et. Doublet of cassette.

## Easily confused with
- **cast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casket-vs-cast)
- **caste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casket-vs-caste)
- **casks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casket-vs-casks)
- **Casper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casket-vs-casper)
- **caster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casket-vs-caster)
- **Cassel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casket-vs-cassel)
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-casket)
- **cake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cake-vs-casket)
- **cask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cask-vs-casket)
- **cases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cases-vs-casket)
- **Casey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casey-vs-casket)
- **cakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cakes-vs-casket)
- **cadet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadet-vs-casket)
- **caked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caked-vs-casket)
- **cased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cased-vs-casket)
- **carpet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carpet-vs-casket)
- **cashed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashed-vs-casket)
- **cashew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cashew-vs-casket)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acsket`, `cakset`, `casekt`, `caskett`, `caskket`, `caskte`, `cassket`, `ccasket`, `csaket`

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