Kastner
/ˈkæst.nəɹ/
"kastner" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kastner” is uncommon English (frequency #98,307 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,307
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kastner · Kastner · English
Kastner · rank #98,307 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,307
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kawaguchi
Nearest frequency peer: Kawaguchi (+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 “Kastner”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Jungfrau
Jungfrau
1,700 corpus weight
- Kadesh
Kadesh
1,698 corpus weight
- Kahler
Kahler
1,696 corpus weight
- Kastner
Kastner
1,694 corpus weight
- Kawaguchi
Kawaguchi
1,693 corpus weight
- Kentuckian
Kentuckian
1,687 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kastner” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kastner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæst.nəɹ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kastner” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kastner is uncommon English at frequency #98,307 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈkæst.nəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Kastner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Kastner, spelled K-A-S-T-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A surname.
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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