castellano
"castellano" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“castellano” is uncommon English (frequency #66,542 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,542
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 4.8 g.
Corpus desk
Index EN-castellano · castellano · English
castellano · rank #66,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,542
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Carnahan
Nearest frequency peer: Carnahan (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “castellano”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Caddo
Caddo
33,464 corpus weight
- Californica…
Californication
33,463 corpus weight
- Carcassonne
Carcassonne
33,461 corpus weight
- Carnahan
Carnahan
33,460 corpus weight
- castellano
castellano
33,459 corpus weight
- centerfold
centerfold
33,455 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “castellano” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castellano |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #66,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “castellano” in English
Rare enough to double-check
castellano is uncommon English at frequency #66,542 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for castellano, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish castellano (“Castilian”), from Medieval Latin Castella (“Castile, Land of Fortresses”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Latin castrum (“fort”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellanus, castella… The correct English form is castellano, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-L-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 4.8 g.
- 2A former Spanish coin, notionally equivalent to a castellano of gold.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish castellano (“Castilian”), from Medieval Latin Castella (“Castile, Land of Fortresses”) + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Latin castrum (“fort”) + -ella (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Doublet of Castilian, castellanus, castellan, and chatelain.
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.
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