castillan

\kas.ti.jɑ̃\

/\kas.ti.jɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“castillan” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,775
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la Castille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-castillan · castillan · French

castillan · rank #47,775 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,775
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cathodique

Nearest frequency peer: cathodique (+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 « castillan »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « castillan » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

castillan vs castille
78% similar
castillan vs Castillo
67% similar
castillan vs casillas
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for castillan
PropertyValue
Headwordcastillan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kas.ti.jɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#47,775
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « castillan »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).castillanse 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 « cathodique » (#47,776), « CCAS » (#47,777), « capitulaire » (#47,772). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « castillan » est au #47,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around castillan (IPA \kas.ti.jɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #47,775 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for castillan, with forms such as "acstillan", "casitllan", and "casstillan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "castille", "Castillo", "casillas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is castillan, spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la Castille.
  2. 2
    Relatif au castillan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La pétulance andalouse répand dans les rues un mouvement et une vie inconnus aux graves promeneurs castillans, qui ne font pas plus de bruit que leur ombre.
  2. Quant au Baron, les longues abstinences subies au château de Sigognac lui avaient donné des habitudes de sobriété castillane dont il ne se départait qu’avec peine.

This word in other languages

Castilian(English)castellano(Español)castelhano(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acstillan
  • casitllan
  • casstillan
  • castilaln
  • castilan
  • castillann
  • castillna
  • castlilan
  • casttillan
  • catsillan
  • ccastillan
  • csatillan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of castillan - 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.

acstillan2casitllan2casstillan1castilaln2castilan1castillann1castillna2castlilan2
Edit distance from "castillan"

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 "castillan"?
"castillan" is spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kas.ti.jɑ̃\.
What does "castillan" mean?
As an adjective, "castillan" means: Relatif à la Castille.
What words are commonly confused with "castillan"?
"castillan" is commonly confused with "castille", "Castillo", "casillas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "castillan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "castillan" is \kas.ti.jɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "castillan" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "castillan", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).

bourdons12 variantsassombrit12 variantscrapules12 variantscroiront12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list