caster

\kas.te\

/\kas.te\/ verb

The verdict

“caster” is uncommon French (frequency #57,813 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,813
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Transtyper, utiliser une variable en changeant son type.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caster · caster · French

caster · rank #57,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,813
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cassera

Nearest frequency peer: cassera (-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 « caster »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caster » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for caster
PropertyValue
Headwordcaster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kas.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,813
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « caster » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).castertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « cassera » (#57,812), « Carmaux » (#57,811), « cations » (#57,815). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caster » est au #57,813. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caster is uncommon French at frequency #57,813 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kas.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for caster in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 caster, spelled C-A-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Transtyper, utiliser une variable en changeant son type.
  2. 2
    Lancer un sort.
  3. 3
    Sélectionner lors d’un casting (une figuration ou distribution).
  4. 4
    Diffuser un média depuis un ordinateur sur un objet connecté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Daniel Kaluuya (Posh Kenneth dans la première génération), récemment vu dans The Fades avec Lily Loveless, a de nouveau été casté pour jouer dans la série Black Mirror !
  2. Superstar de TikTok pendant l’épidémie de Covid-19, Khabane « Khaby » Lame, 23 ans, vient d'être casté pour devenir l’acteur principal d’une comédie d’espionnage, révèle Variety.

This word in other languages

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 "caster"?
"caster" is spelled C-A-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kas.te\.
What does "caster" mean?
As a verb, "caster" means: Transtyper, utiliser une variable en changeant son type.
How do you pronounce "caster"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caster" is \kas.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caster" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list