opencast
"opencast" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“opencast” is uncommon English (frequency #82,622 among 1,431 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,622
- frequency rank, English
- 1,431
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
Corpus desk
Index EN-opencast · opencast · English
opencast · rank #82,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,622
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,431
- PHOTO-FINISH optimality
Nearest frequency peer: optimality (+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 “opencast”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- opencast
opencast
17,379 corpus weight
- optimality
optimality
17,378 corpus weight
- Orta
Orta
17,376 corpus weight
- ostentation
ostentation
17,375 corpus weight
- OTB
OTB
17,374 corpus weight
- outcall
outcall
17,372 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “opencast” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | opencast |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “opencast” in English
Rare enough to double-check
opencast is uncommon English at frequency #82,622 among 1,431 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for opencast, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 open + cast. The correct English form is opencast, spelled O-P-E-N-C-A-S-T.
Definition
- 1Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how opencast appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Britain's leading green commentator, George Monbiot, gives the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England an unforgettable grilling, asking why the countryside watchdog opposes windfarms - but not opencast coal mines
Etymology
From open + cast.
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).