casta
[ˈkast̪a]
The verdict
“casta” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,994. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,994
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo unido por una ascendencia común.
Corpus desk
Index ES-casta · casta · Spanish
casta · rank #10,994 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,994
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH casilla
Nearest frequency peer: casilla (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “casta”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- caldo
caldo
89,010 corpus weight
- calzado
calzado
89,009 corpus weight
- casilla
casilla
89,008 corpus weight
- casta
casta
89,007 corpus weight
- causada
causada
89,006 corpus weight
- celu
celu
89,005 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “casta” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | casta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkast̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #10,994 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “casta” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around casta (IPA [ˈkast̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,994 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for casta, with forms such as "acsta", "casat", and "cassta". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cat", "CTA", "cosa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is casta, spelled C-A-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Grupo unido por una ascendencia común.
- 2Por extensión, naturaleza o clase de una cosa o persona.
- 3Grupo social de pertenencia hereditaria, endogámico y asociado vinculantemente con ciertos oficios y rangos, prototípicamente representado por el sistema hindú, adonde la pertenencia de casta era absolutamente irreductible.
- 4En las colonias americanas, las castas eran los grupos raciales de sangre mezclada, lo que producía distintos tipos de mestizaje. Era muy difícil superar la mancha de casta, salvo por razones económicas.
- 5Por extensión, grupo social que por su estado, religión, oficio u otra condición forma una clase separada.
- 6Por extensión, grupo o clase política que se beneficia de ciertos privilegios y busca perpetuarse en el poder a expensas de todos los ciudadanos.
- 7Cada uno de los grupos especializados funcionalmente en que se dividen las comunidades de insectos sociales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how casta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La Argentina está en decadencia; y, por culpa de esta maldita casta política, si seguimos así, en cincuenta años vamos a ser la villa miseria más grande del mundo. Argentina inició el siglo 20 siendo el país más rico del mundo. Hoy, estamos de mitad de la tabla para abajo. Tenemos más de un cuarenta por ciento de pobres, diez por ciento de indigentes, la…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acsta
- casat
- cassta
- castta
- catsa
- ccasta
- csata
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "casta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "casta". Here's where to go from here.
- "casta" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cat". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #10,994 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.