casta
\kas.ta\
The verdict
“casta” is uncommon French (frequency #55,801 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,801
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de aure et saint-girons (race de bovin).
Corpus desk
Index FR-casta · casta · French
casta · rank #55,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,801
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH carbonisé
Nearest frequency peer: carbonisé (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « casta »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cano
cano
44,203 corpus weight
- capucines
capucines
44,202 corpus weight
- carbonisé
carbonisé
44,201 corpus weight
- casta
casta
44,200 corpus weight
- cem
cem
44,198 corpus weight
- cendrée
cendrée
44,197 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « casta » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | casta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kas.ta\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « casta » en français
Rare enough to double-check
casta is uncommon French at frequency #55,801 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kas.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de aure et saint-girons (race de bovin).".
No misspelling variants are generated for casta in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is casta, spelled C-A-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de aure et saint-girons (race de bovin).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how casta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les éleveurs du piémont ne concourraient pas avec des casta, eux, mais avec des brunes des Alpes.
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 "casta"?
What does "casta" mean?
How do you pronounce "casta"?
What language does "casta" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "casta", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).