casserole

\ka.sʁɔl\

/\ka.sʁɔl\/ noun

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The verdict

“casserole” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,105. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,105
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ustensile de cuisine à fond plat et à bords haut, généralement utilisé dans la confection de recettes à base de liquides.

Corpus desk

Index FR-casserole · casserole · French

casserole · rank #15,105 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,105
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chevelure

Nearest frequency peer: chevelure (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « casserole »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « casserole » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

casserole vs casseroles
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for casserole
PropertyValue
Headwordcasserole
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.sʁɔl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,105
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « casserole »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).casserolese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chevelure » (#15,106), « cardiaques » (#15,103), « cils » (#15,107). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « casserole » est au #15,105. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around casserole (IPA \ka.sʁɔl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,105 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for casserole, with forms such as "acsserole", "caserole", and "casesrole". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "casseroles", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is casserole, spelled C-A-S-S-E-R-O-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ustensile de cuisine à fond plat et à bords haut, généralement utilisé dans la confection de recettes à base de liquides.
  2. 2
    Un mets de nourriture cuite, supposément dans une casserole.
  3. 3
    Objet qui produit un bruit discordant.
  4. 4
    Objet qui produit un bruit discordant.
  5. 5
    Objet qui produit un bruit discordant.
  6. 6
    ou Piètre chanteur ou chanteuse, qui chante faux et sans harmonie.
  7. 7
    Mauvaise affaire dans laquelle l’on est compromis.
  8. 8
    Mouchard, dénonciateur.
  9. 9
    Femme vieille et laide.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how casserole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À chaque coin d’une grande cheminée bouillaient sur deux réchauds deux casseroles, d’où s’exhalait une double odeur de gibelotte et de matelote qui réjouissait l’odorat.
  2. Comme les émotions de cette nocturne équipée avait affamé les traqueurs, ce fut ce même soir qu’on leva le cuir du lièvre et qu’on le mit à la casserole.

This word in other languages

pot(English)cazo(Español)Kasserolle(Deutsch)panela(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acsserole
  • caserole
  • casesrole
  • casseorle
  • casserloe
  • casseroel
  • casserolle
  • casserrole
  • cassreole
  • ccasserole
  • csaserole

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of casserole - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acsserole2caserole1casesrole2casseorle2casserloe2casseroel2casserolle1casserrole1
Edit distance from "casserole"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "casserole"?
"casserole" is spelled C-A-S-S-E-R-O-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.sʁɔl\.
What does "casserole" mean?
As a noun, "casserole" means: Ustensile de cuisine à fond plat et à bords haut, généralement utilisé dans la confection de recettes à base de liquides.
What words are commonly confused with "casserole"?
"casserole" is commonly confused with "casseroles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "casserole"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "casserole" is \ka.sʁɔl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "casserole" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "casserole", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

chevelure#15,106contextes#15,114crevettes#15,116armistice#15,090

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

dissoudre11 variantsacquitter11 variantsdéserte11 variantséquateur11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list