# café

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ · frequency rank #10,342

## Definitions
1. A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
2. A small restaurant of any genre.

## Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French café (“coffee; coffee shop”). Doublet of caffè and coffee.

## Easily confused with
- **CE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-ce)
- **can** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-can)
- **car** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-car)
- **cat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cat)
- **cap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cap)
- **cam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cam)
- **cal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cal)
- **cue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cue)
- **cas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cas)
- **che** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-che)
- **Cao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cao)
- **CFA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cfa)
- **Coe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-coe)
- **CFO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cfo)
- **CFR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cfr)
- **CFS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cfs)
- **CFL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cfl)
- **cee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cee)
- **Cai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cai)
- **CME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cafe-vs-cme)

## Common misspellings (5)
`acfé`, `caffé`, `caéf`, `ccafé`, `cfaé`

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