# cabbage

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkæb.ɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #13,878

## Definitions
1. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
2. An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.
3. The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
4. A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
5. Used as a term of endearment.
6. Money.
7. Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
8. A terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
9. A cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
10. A human head.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Old French caboce
Anglo-Norman cabochebor.
Middle English caboche
English cabbage
From Middle English caboche, cabage (“cabbage”; “a certain fish”), a borrowing from Anglo-Norman caboche (“head”), a northern variant of caboce, of uncertain origin. Some authorities derive it from Latin caput (“head”), others from ca- (said to be an expressive prefix) + boce (“hump; bump”) (whence English boss).

## Easily confused with
- **cabbie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabbage-vs-cabbie)
- **carnage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabbage-vs-carnage)
- **cabbages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabbage-vs-cabbages)

## Common misspellings (8)
`acbbage`, `cababge`, `cabage`, `cabbaeg`, `cabbagge`, `cabbgae`, `cbabage`, `ccabbage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cabbage