castell
The verdict
“castell” is uncommon French (frequency #86,525 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,525
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tour humaine typique catalane.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castell |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #86,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “castell” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
castell is uncommon French at frequency #86,525 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tour humaine typique catalane.".
No misspelling variants are generated for castell in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 castell, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-L.
Definition
- 1Tour humaine typique catalane.
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.
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Using “castell”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-S-T-E-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.