cassoulet
"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
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 | cassoulet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cassoulet” in English
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
- 1A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cassoulet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.