# Cajun

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/ · frequency rank #29,203

## Definitions
1. A member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, primarily French-speaking Catholic and living in Southern Louisiana and Maine.
2. Any uneducated, poor Francophone in French Louisiana.

## Etymology
An Anglicization of the Acadian French Cadien (itself an aphetic form of Acadien (“Acadian”)), reflecting the palatalization of /dj/ to /d͡ʒ/ in the Acadian dialect.

## Easily confused with
- **can** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cajun-vs-can)
- **Chun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cajun-vs-chun)
- **canon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cajun-vs-canon)
- **Calum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cajun-vs-calum)
- **Camus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cajun-vs-camus)
- **caron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cajun-vs-caron)
- **Cain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cain-vs-cajun)
- **Caen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cajun)
- **cabin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cabin-vs-cajun)
- **cairn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cairn-vs-cajun)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acjun`, `cajjun`, `cajnu`, `cajunn`, `caujn`, `ccajun`, `cjaun`

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