castizo
[kasˈt̪iso]
The verdict
“castizo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,388 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,388
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De casta o linaje considerado noble.
Corpus desk
Index ES-castizo · castizo · Spanish
castizo · rank #68,388 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,388
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cartílagos
Nearest frequency peer: cartílagos (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “castizo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- caracteriza…
caracterizaciones
31,619 corpus weight
- cardos
cardos
31,618 corpus weight
- cartílagos
cartílagos
31,614 corpus weight
- castizo
castizo
31,613 corpus weight
- Cazaban
Cazaban
31,612 corpus weight
- celíaca
celíaca
31,609 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “castizo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castizo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kasˈt̪iso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “castizo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
castizo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,388 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kasˈt̪iso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for castizo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is castizo, spelled C-A-S-T-I-Z-O.
Definition
- 1De casta o linaje considerado noble.
- 2Genuino y característico de una región.
- 3Dicho del lenguaje: Puro en su léxico y sintaxis, sin extranjerismos y sin palabras ni formas de hablar extrañas.
- 4Que tiene prole abundante, o que puede crear mucha.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how castizo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pero ninguno encarna mejor en su verbo el alma de América, a la vez indígena y española, como el verbo decidor y la prosa castiza de Gabriela.
Synonyms
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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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