cabriolet

/kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ/

//kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ// noun

"cabriolet" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“cabriolet” is uncommon English (frequency #62,025 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,025
frequency rank, English
5,599
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An automobile with a retractable top.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cabriolet · cabriolet · English

cabriolet · rank #62,025 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,025
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,599
  • PHOTO-FINISH bussy

Nearest frequency peer: bussy (-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 “cabriolet”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “cabriolet” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cabriolet
PropertyValue
Headwordcabriolet
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cabriolet” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).cabrioletfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “bussy” (#62,024), “Burgas” (#62,022), “Bruckner” (#62,019). Among 5,599 “C” headwords, “cabriolet” is #62,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cabriolet is uncommon English at frequency #62,025 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for cabriolet in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French cabriolet. The correct English form is cabriolet, spelled C-A-B-R-I-O-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    An automobile with a retractable top.
  2. 2
    A light two- or four-wheeled carriage with a folding top, pulled by a single horse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cabriolet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bodywise, the car suffers from the demon rust badly, too. Look at the wings, the door bottoms, boot, and, on cabriolets especially, the inner doors and door pillar rears.
  2. Of late years, cabriolets, and English stanhopes, and tilburys, have been introduced into St. Petersburgh; but the real national carriage for the town is the Droshky.

Etymology

Borrowed from French cabriolet.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabriolet"?
"cabriolet" is spelled C-A-B-R-I-O-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is /kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ/.
What does "cabriolet" mean?
As a noun, "cabriolet" means: An automobile with a retractable top.
How do you pronounce "cabriolet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabriolet" is /kæ.bɹi.əˈleɪ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "cabriolet"?
Borrowed from French cabriolet. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabriolet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list