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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

castel

/kætel/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables
cas-tel
IPA
/kætel/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A parish of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Castle. * As a Catalan, Aragonese, and Jewish surname, variant of Castell. * As a Swedish surname, variant of Cassel. * As a German surname, variant of Kastel, from Kastell (“fort, citadel, castle”), related to the above. * As a French surname, from Old French castel (“fortress, castle”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Castels (plural)

Rhymes With

castell

Questions

How do you pronounce castel?
The recorded pronunciation is /kætel/.
What does castel mean?
A surname.
Where does castel come from?
It is traced to Swedish.

How to pronounce castel

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