# Cassel

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #42,051

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. Dated spelling of Kassel: a city in Germany.
3. A commune in Bailleul canton, Dunkerque arrondissement, Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
4. A village in John Taolo Gaetsewe district municipality, Northern Cape province, South Africa.
5. A census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States.
6. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Cassell.
* As a German surname, variant of Kassel, related to the above. Both senses have been adapted as Swedish surnames. Compare Castel.
* As a French surname, from the city Cassel, Nord, itself a derivative of Late Latin castellum and thus related to the above.

## Easily confused with
- **cause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-cause)
- **caste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-caste)
- **caused** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-caused)
- **causes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-causes)
- **casual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-casual)
- **causal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-causal)
- **Cassie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-cassie)
- **caster** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-caster)
- **chisel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-chisel)
- **classes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-classes)
- **classed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-classed)
- **Cassell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cassel-vs-cassell)
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/case-vs-cassel)
- **Cass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cass-vs-cassel)
- **cases** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cases-vs-cassel)
- **Casey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/casey-vs-cassel)
- **camel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camel-vs-cassel)
- **cased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cased-vs-cassel)
- **cancel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cancel-vs-cassel)
- **cartel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cartel-vs-cassel)

## Common misspellings (6)
`acssel`, `casel`, `casesl`, `cassle`, `ccassel`, `csasel`

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