Casterman

name

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The verdict

“Casterman” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,495
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maison d’édition de bande dessinée et de livres pour la jeunesse, créée par Donat Casterman.

Corpus desk

Index FR-casterman · Casterman · French

Casterman · rank #45,495 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,495
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cartographier

Nearest frequency peer: cartographier (-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 « Casterman »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Casterman » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Casterman
PropertyValue
HeadwordCasterman
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters9
Frequency rank#45,495
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Casterman »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Castermanse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cartographier » (#45,494), « castings » (#45,496), « Carrasco » (#45,493). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Casterman » est au #45,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Casterman, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #45,495 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Maison d’édition de bande dessinée et de livres pour la jeunesse, créée par Donat Casterman.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Casterman, with forms such as "acsterman", "casetrman", and "cassterman". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Casterman, spelled C-A-S-T-E-R-M-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maison d’édition de bande dessinée et de livres pour la jeunesse, créée par Donat Casterman.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ce premier film est très librement inspiré d’Une sœur, bande dessinée de Bastien Vivès, parue chez Casterman.
  2. Ce film adapte de manière glaçante une série de bandes dessinées démarrée en 1998, signée par Luc Jacamon et Matz et publiée chez Casterman.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acsterman
  • casetrman
  • cassterman
  • castemran
  • casteramn
  • castermann
  • castermman
  • castermna
  • casterrman
  • castreman
  • castterman
  • catserman
  • ccasterman
  • csaterman

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Casterman - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acsterman2casetrman2cassterman1castemran2casteramn2castermann1castermman1castermna2
Edit distance from "Casterman"

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 "Casterman"?
"Casterman" is spelled C-A-S-T-E-R-M-A-N.
What does "Casterman" mean?
As a proper noun, "Casterman" means: Maison d’édition de bande dessinée et de livres pour la jeunesse, créée par Donat Casterman.
What are common misspellings of "Casterman"?
Common misspellings include "acsterman", "casetrman", "cassterman", "castemran", "casteramn". The correct spelling is "Casterman".
What language does "Casterman" come from?
"Casterman" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list