castelo
[kɑsˈt̪ɛlʊ]
The verdict
“castelo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,868 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,868
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Castillo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-castelo · castelo · Spanish
castelo · rank #56,868 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,868
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caraduras
Nearest frequency peer: caraduras (-2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “castelo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- canosa
canosa
43,137 corpus weight
- capitel
capitel
43,136 corpus weight
- caraduras
caraduras
43,135 corpus weight
- castelo
castelo
43,133 corpus weight
- cauchos
cauchos
43,130 corpus weight
- Cayetana
Cayetana
43,129 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “castelo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castelo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɑsˈt̪ɛlʊ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “castelo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
castelo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,868 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɑsˈt̪ɛlʊ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Castillo.".
castelo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 castelo, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Castillo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how castelo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ves o vello castelo.
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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