# Shasta

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃæs.tə/ · frequency rank #35,075

## Definitions
1. An extinct Native American language, formerly spoken from northern California into southwestern Oregon.
2. A brand of cola.
3. A census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States.

## Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from the exonym Sustika, with an origin in the Klamath language.

## Easily confused with
- **shat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shasta-vs-shat)
- **Sparta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shasta-vs-sparta)
- **Shauna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shasta-vs-shauna)
- **siesta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shasta-vs-siesta)
- **SATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sata-vs-shasta)
- **Santa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/santa-vs-shasta)
- **shaft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaft-vs-shasta)
- **Sasha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sasha-vs-shasta)
- **shalt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shalt-vs-shasta)
- **shaka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shaka-vs-shasta)
- **Shana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shana-vs-shasta)
- **sharia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharia-vs-shasta)
- **Sharma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharma-vs-shasta)
- **Shakti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shakti-vs-shasta)
- **shanti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shanti-vs-shasta)
- **shanty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shanty-vs-shasta)
- **Shashi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shashi-vs-shasta)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hsasta`, `sahsta`, `shasat`, `shassta`, `shastta`, `shatsa`, `shhasta`, `shsata`, `sshasta`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/shasta