castable
adjective, noun
castable is an adjective meaning “Capable of or suitable for being assigned a role in a play, film, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-A-S-T-A-B-L-E, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does castable mean?
adjective
- 1
Capable of or suitable for being assigned a role in a play, film, etc.
- 2
Capable of being performed and brought forth (as a spell or magic).
- 3
Capable of being cast, as in a mould.
- 4
Capable of being cast to another data type.
noun
- 1
Any substance that can be cast, as in a mould.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of castable
- more castable comparative
- most castable superlative
- castables plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is castable?
Castable appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st 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).
Castable in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Capable of being cast in programming:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | transtypable |
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 castable come from?
From cast + -able.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).