castillos

/[kasˈt̪iʝos]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,862

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

castillos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de castillo. Pronounced [kasˈt̪iʝos]. Often confused with costillas and caudillos.

Key facts for castillos
PropertyValue
Headwordcastillos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kasˈt̪iʝos]
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,862
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of castillos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for castillos is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kasˈt̪iʝos]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,862 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de castillo.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for castillos, with forms such as "acstillos", "casitllos", and "casstillos". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "costillas", "caudillos", "castillo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is castillos, spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de castillo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acstillos,casitllos,casstillos,castilloss,castillso,castilols,castilos,castlilos,casttillos,catsillos,ccastillos,csatillos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for castillos

Misspelling Variants of "castillos"

acstillos9casitllos9casstillos10castilloss10castillso9castilols9castilos8castlilos9
Misspelling Variants of "castillos"

Frequency rank: #13,862 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "castillos"?
"castillos" is spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kasˈt̪iʝos].
What does "castillos" mean?
As a noun, "castillos" means: Forma del plural de castillo.
What words are commonly confused with "castillos"?
"castillos" is commonly confused with "costillas", "caudillos", "castillo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "castillos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "castillos" is [kasˈt̪iʝos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "castillos" come from?
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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.