cast

\kast\

/\kast\/ noun

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The verdict

“cast” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,476
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de transtypage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cast · cast · French

cast · rank #28,476 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,476
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH carnivores

Nearest frequency peer: carnivores (-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 « cast »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cast » 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).

cast vs Ct
25% similar
cast vs Cs
25% similar
cast vs ces
50% similar

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

Key facts for cast
PropertyValue
Headwordcast
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kast\
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,476
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cast »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « carnivores » (#28,475), « CDS » (#28,477), « Carmel » (#28,474). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cast » est au #28,476. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cast (IPA \kast\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,476 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonyme de transtypage.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cast, with forms such as "acst", "casst", and "castt". 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, "Ct", "Cs", "ces", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cast, spelled C-A-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de transtypage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour obtenir la valeur de la copie boxed, vous devez utiliser ce que l'on appelle un cast. Il s'agit d'une opération qui vérifie s'il n'y a pas de risque à convertir un type en un autre avant d'effectuer la conversion.
  2. Dès qu'il y a risque de perte en précision (float en int, long en byte, par exemple), il vous faut programmer un cast explicite.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acst
  • casst
  • castt
  • ccast
  • csat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cast - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acst2casst1castt1ccast1csat2
Edit distance from "cast"

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 "cast"?
"cast" is spelled C-A-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kast\.
What does "cast" mean?
As a noun, "cast" means: Synonyme de transtypage.
What words are commonly confused with "cast"?
"cast" is commonly confused with "Ct", "Cs", "ces". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cast"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cast" is \kast\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cast" come from?
"cast" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blah#28,465bean#28,459BDSM#28,458Aron#28,448

Similar misspelling depth

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

Cries5 variantsapex5 variantsétau5 variantsWolff5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list