cassoulet

noun

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

The verdict

“cassoulet” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.

Corpus desk

Index EN-cassoulet · cassoulet · English

cassoulet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for cassoulet
PropertyValue
Headwordcassoulet
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “cassoulet” in English

cassouletsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cassoulet is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cassoulet, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French cassoulet, from Occitan caçolet. The correct English form is cassoulet, spelled C-A-S-S-O-U-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. He’d made cassoulet, rich with pork and duck and lamb, glistening with oil and so delicious and sinful that everyone in the room let out audible sighs after their first bites.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French cassoulet, from Occitan caçolet.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cassoulet"?
"cassoulet" is spelled C-A-S-S-O-U-L-E-T.
What does "cassoulet" mean?
As a noun, "cassoulet" means: A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.
What is the origin of the word "cassoulet"?
Unadapted borrowing from French cassoulet, from Occitan caçolet. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list