Which to use
“casinos” and “castings” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,077
- “casinos” frequency rank
- #45,496
- “castings” frequency rank
- 65573
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | casinos | castings |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de casino. | Pluriel de casting. |
Where the eye mixes casinos and castings
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. casinos runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against castings's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between casinos and castings
A purely visual mix-up. casinos (\ka.zi.no\) and castings (\kas.tiŋ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
casinos is recorded at frequency rank #20,077, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.zi.no\. castings is at rank #45,496, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kas.tiŋ\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 65573, this pair ranks #71,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of casinos vs castings
Shared letters: acins. Private to "casinos": o. Private to "castings": gt.
"casinos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "castings" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "casinos" for "castings" ever safe?
Which is more common, "casinos" or "castings"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "casinos" and "castings" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "casinos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "castings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "casinos" and "castings" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "campings vs castings". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #71,721 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.