Castillo

name

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“Castillo” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,458. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,458
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-castillo · Castillo · French

Castillo · rank #34,458 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,458
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cassure

Nearest frequency peer: cassure (-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 « Castillo »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Castillo » 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).

Castillo vs Costello
75% similar
Castillo vs castille
75% similar
Castillo vs castillan
67% similar

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

Key facts for Castillo
PropertyValue
HeadwordCastillo
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters8
Frequency rank#34,458
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Castillo »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Castillose place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cassure » (#34,457), « celtiques » (#34,460), « Carine » (#34,455). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Castillo » est au #34,458. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Castillo, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,458 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Castillo, with forms such as "acstillo", "casitllo", and "casstillo". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Costello", "castille", "castillan", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Castillo, spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Du côté de la Colombie, le journaliste Oscar Castillo Vaquero brandit quant à lui « la solidarité sud-américaine ».
  2. Cela faisait longtemps que l’on n’avait plus connu une telle incertitude sur le marché, résume Barbara Castillo-Rico, responsable des études économiques de SeLoger.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acstillo
  • casitllo
  • casstillo
  • castilo
  • castilol
  • castlilo
  • casttillo
  • catsillo
  • ccastillo
  • csatillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acstillo2casitllo2casstillo1castilo1castilol2castlilo2casttillo1catsillo2
Edit distance from "Castillo"

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 "Castillo"?
"Castillo" is spelled C-A-S-T-I-L-L-O.
What does "Castillo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Castillo" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Castillo"?
"Castillo" is commonly confused with "Costello", "castille", "castillan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Castillo" come from?
"Castillo" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

carignan#34,454chassant#34,462Bungalow#34,444conclave#34,475

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Châtel10 variantsclonage10 variantsBroglie10 variantscruelles10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list