castellated
/ˈkastəleɪtɪd/
"castellated" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“castellated” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations).
Corpus desk
Index EN-castellated · castellated · English
castellated · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castellated |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈkastəleɪtɪd/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “castellated” in English
Rare enough to double-check
castellated is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈkastəleɪtɪd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for castellated in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified, castellate”) + -ed (forming past participles). Equivalent to the past participle of castellate but attested earlier than other uses of the verb. The correct English form is castellated, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-L-A-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Castle-like: built or shaped like a castle; usually, specifically, having castellations (crenellations).
- 2Having grooves or recesses on an upper face.
- 3Castled: having or furnished with castles.
- 4Housed or kept in a castle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how castellated appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Near-synonym: crenellated
...A Castellated mansion...
Etymology
From Medieval Latin castellātus (“fortified, castellate”) + -ed (forming past participles). Equivalent to the past participle of castellate but attested earlier than other uses of the verb.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.