casta
[ˈkast̪a]
The verdict
“casta” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,994 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #10,994
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grupo unido por una ascendencia común.
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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for casta is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkast̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,994 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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.
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Using “casta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-A-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈkast̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “cat” - see the side-by-side comparison. casta vs cat
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.