cajolery
/kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/
"cajolery" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cajolery” 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 act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cajolery · cajolery · English
cajolery · 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 | cajolery |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cajolery” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cajolery is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cajolery, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French cajolerie, equivalent to cajole + -ery. The correct English form is cajolery, spelled C-A-J-O-L-E-R-Y.
Definition
- 1The act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cajolery appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
These women are experts at flattery, cajolery and sexual excitation, and also possess unusual talents for stirring up quarrels, stimulating jealousies and spreading slander and malicious rumors.
Etymology
From French cajolerie, equivalent to cajole + -ery.
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.