# cavern

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkav.ən/ · frequency rank #26,032

## Definitions
1. A large cave.
2. An underground chamber.
3. A large, dark place or space.

## Etymology
From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”).

## Easily confused with
- **CERN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-cern)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-cover)
- **caves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-caves)
- **coven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-coven)
- **covers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-covers)
- **covert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-covert)
- **craven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-craven)
- **caverns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-caverns)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cave-vs-cavern)
- **Caen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caen-vs-cavern)
- **cater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cater-vs-cavern)
- **caved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caved-vs-cavern)
- **cairn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cairn-vs-cavern)
- **caper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caper-vs-cavern)
- **carer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carer-vs-cavern)
- **camera** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/camera-vs-cavern)
- **carver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carver-vs-cavern)
- **caveat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caveat-vs-cavern)
- **caters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caters-vs-cavern)
- **Cameron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cameron-vs-cavern)

## Common misspellings (9)
`acvern`, `caevrn`, `cavenr`, `cavernn`, `caverrn`, `cavren`, `cavvern`, `ccavern`, `cvaern`

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