cabaret
ca·ba·ret/kæbəˈɹeɪ/noun
cabaret is spelled C-A-B-A-R-E-T: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ca·ba·ret). It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cabaret means “Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cabaret is cabarets.
How many letters and syllables are in cabaret?
| Letters | 7: C-A-B-A-R-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ca·ba·ret |
| In writing | 1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is cabaret?
Cabaret appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cabaret?
- /kæbəˈɹeɪ/
Cabaret has 3 syllables, split ca·ba·ret in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cabaret.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with cabaret?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cabaret.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bearcat.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of cabaret
- cabarets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cabaret mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub; the genre of music associated with this form of entertainment, especially in early 20th century Europe.
- 2
The nightclub or restaurant where such entertainment is held.
- 3
A strip club.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cabaret in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense live entertainment held in a restaurant or nightclub:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cabaret come from?
Borrowed from French cabaret.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).