cabotage
/ˈkæbətɪd͡ʒ/
"cabotage" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cabotage” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cabotage · cabotage · English
cabotage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabotage |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkæbətɪd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cabotage” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cabotage is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkæbətɪd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cabotage in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French cabotage (“coasting trade”), from caboter (“to travel by the coast”). It originally (16th c.) referred to restrictions allowing only French ships to trade or transport between French ports. Other countries adopted this concept and exten… The correct English form is cabotage, spelled C-A-B-O-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1The transport of goods or passengers between two points in the same country.
- 2The right to engage in such transport.
- 3The exclusive right of a country to control such transport.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cabotage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cabotage traffic may be carried by a foreign carrier on special permission of the civil aeronautics authorities […].
Cabotage, used as a legal term, here refers to the right to transport goods or passengers between ports of a country.
Etymology
Borrowed from French cabotage (“coasting trade”), from caboter (“to travel by the coast”). It originally (16th c.) referred to restrictions allowing only French ships to trade or transport between French ports. Other countries adopted this concept and extended it to land and air travel.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.