cassette
/kəˈsɛt/
"cassette" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cassette” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,097
- frequency rank, English
- 43,570
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cassette · cassette · English
cassette · rank #17,097 · 8 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,097
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 43,570
- PHOTO-FINISH Carlson
Nearest frequency peer: Carlson (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cassette”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- bureaucratic
bureaucratic
82,908 corpus weight
- buzzer
buzzer
82,907 corpus weight
- cactus
cactus
82,906 corpus weight
- Carlson
Carlson
82,905 corpus weight
- cassette
cassette
82,904 corpus weight
- childcare
childcare
82,901 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cassette” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cassette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈsɛt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,097 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cassette” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around cassette (IPA /kəˈsɛt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,097 among 43,570 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cassette, with forms such as "acssette", "casestte", and "casette". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French casse Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Mi… The correct English form is cassette, spelled C-A-S-S-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- 2Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner.
- 3A lightproof container for photographic film.
- 4A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
- 5A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
- 6A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln).
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French casse Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ette French cassettebor. English cassette Borrowed from French cassette.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acssette
- casestte
- casette
- cassete
- cassetet
- casstete
- ccassette
- csasette
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cassette - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cassette", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
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.