castelo
\kɐʃ.tˈɛ.lu\
The verdict
“castelo” is uncommon French (frequency #91,510 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,510
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Château.
Corpus desk
Index FR-castelo · castelo · French
castelo · rank #91,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,510
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cassard
Nearest frequency peer: cassard (-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 « castelo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- carthaginoi…
carthaginoise
8,496 corpus weight
- cartographes
cartographes
8,495 corpus weight
- cassants
cassants
8,493 corpus weight
- cassard
cassard
8,492 corpus weight
- castelo
castelo
8,491 corpus weight
- cavada
cavada
8,488 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « castelo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | castelo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɐʃ.tˈɛ.lu\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #91,510 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « castelo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
castelo is uncommon French at frequency #91,510 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɐʃ.tˈɛ.lu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Château.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for castelo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is castelo, spelled C-A-S-T-E-L-O.
Definition
- 1Château.
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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