casco

Name: casco, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈkasko]

/[ˈkasko]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“casco” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,771. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,771
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Complemento rígido de protección para la cabeza.

Corpus desk

Index ES-casco · casco · Spanish

casco · rank #4,771 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #4,771
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH Caen

Nearest frequency peer: Caen (-1 rank slots)

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.

añadir

95,233
be

95,232
Caen

95,231
casco

95,230
Chicago

95,229
cocinar

95,228

What this shows “casco” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

casco vs caso

80% similar

casco vs casi

60% similar

casco vs coco

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for casco
Property	Value
Headword	casco
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈkasko]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#4,771
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “casco”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).cascocae aquí:

#4,771

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Caen” (#4,770), “Chicago” (#4,772), “be” (#4,769). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “casco” va en #4,771. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around casco (IPA [ˈkasko]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,771 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for casco, with forms such as "acsco", "cacso", and "cascco". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "caso", "casi", "coco", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is casco, spelled C-A-S-C-O.

Definition

1
Complemento rígido de protección para la cabeza.
2
Recipiente una vez desprovisto de su contenido.
3
Parte de diferentes electrodomésticos que transmiten o reproducen sonidos, que va sobre ambas orejas y está unida por una pieza curva que la sujeta sobre la cabeza.
4
Parte principal de una embarcación constituida principalmente por la paredes que tocan el agua, su prolongación por encima de esta y la estrutura que la soporta. No incluye el motor ni las partes que hay encima de la cubierta, en especial la arboladura.
5
Estuche córneo de la parte distal de las extremidades de los artiodáctilos, que tiene una función protectora.

This word in other languages

helmet(English)casque(Français)Helm(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

acsco
cacso
cascco
casoc
cassco
ccasco
csaco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casco - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "casco"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "casco"?

"casco" is spelled C-A-S-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkasko].

What does "casco" mean?

As a noun, "casco" means: Complemento rígido de protección para la cabeza.

What words are commonly confused with "casco"?

"casco" is commonly confused with "caso", "casi", "coco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "casco"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "casco" is [ˈkasko]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "casco" come from?

"casco" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "casco", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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