Castellane
The verdict
“Castellane” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,166
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-castellane · Castellane · French
Castellane · rank #40,166 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #40,166
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH carabiniers
Nearest frequency peer: carabiniers (-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 « Castellane »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- camomille
camomille
59,837 corpus weight
- carabiniers
carabiniers
59,836 corpus weight
- Castellane
Castellane
59,835 corpus weight
- cath
cath
59,834 corpus weight
- cervicale
cervicale
59,833 corpus weight
- Chagall
Chagall
59,832 corpus weight
What this shows « Castellane » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Castellane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Castellane »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Castellane, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #40,166 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Castellane, with forms such as "acstellane", "casetllane", and "casstellane". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "castillan", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Castellane, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-L-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
- 2Rivière française, située dans le département des Pyrénées-Orientales.
- 3Canton français, situé dans le département des Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Castellane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selon les informations de BFMTV, les touristes faisaient du camping sauvage à proximité de Castellane (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) et ont décidé d’allumer un feu.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acstellane
- casetllane
- casstellane
- castelalne
- castelane
- castellaen
- castellanne
- castellnae
- castlelane
- casttellane
- catsellane
- ccastellane
- csatellane
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Castellane - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Castellane", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).