cabochon
/ˌkæbəˈʃɒn/
"cabochon" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cabochon” is uncommon English (frequency #92,423 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,423
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cabochon · cabochon · English
cabochon · rank #92,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,423
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Bussey
Nearest frequency peer: Bussey (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “cabochon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Bulgakov
Bulgakov
7,583 corpus weight
- Burdwan
Burdwan
7,582 corpus weight
- Burnsville
Burnsville
7,580 corpus weight
- Bussey
Bussey
7,579 corpus weight
- cabochon
cabochon
7,578 corpus weight
- calfskin
calfskin
7,575 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “cabochon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabochon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌkæbəˈʃɒn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cabochon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cabochon is uncommon English at frequency #92,423 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌkæbəˈʃɒn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for cabochon in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French cabochon, diminutive form of caboche (“head”), from Old French caboce, from Latin caput (“head”). The correct English form is cabochon, spelled C-A-B-O-C-H-O-N.
Definition
- 1A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cabochon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thecla was […] stroking a bracelet formed like a kraken, a kraken whose tentacles wrapped the white flesh of her arm; its eyes were cabochon emeralds.
Etymology
Borrowed from French cabochon, diminutive form of caboche (“head”), from Old French caboce, from Latin caput (“head”).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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