cassette
/kəˈsɛt/noun, verb
cassette is spelled C-A-S-S-E-T-T-E: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cassette means “A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cassette is cassettes.
How many letters and syllables are in cassette?
| Letters | 8: C-A-S-S-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.5 times per million words; the 17,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cassette?
Cassette appears 2.5 times per million words in written English, the 17,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cassette?
- US /kəˈsɛt/
- US /kæˈsɛt/
- /ˈkæː.seʈ/
Cassette has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cassette.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cassette?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as cassette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cassette
- cassettes plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cassetting participle, present
- cassetted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cassette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- 2
Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner.
- 3
A lightproof container for photographic film.
- 4
A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
- 5
A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
- 6
A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln).
verb
- 1
To record onto a cassette
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate cassette?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of cassette: cass.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cassette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cassette, cassette audio, audiocassette, cassette vidéo, vidéocassette, K7 |
| German | Kassette, Audiokassette, Tonkassette, Videokassette , Zahnkranzpaket |
| Portuguese | cassete |
| Spanish | casete |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cassette come from?
Borrowed from French cassette.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).