cab

\kab\

/\kab\/ noun

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The verdict

“cab” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #22,504) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#22,504
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taxi britannique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cab · cab · French

cab · rank #22,504 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,504
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH burlesque

Nearest frequency peer: burlesque (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “cab”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “cab” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cab vs ce
33% similar
cab vs ci
33% similar
cab vs co
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cab
PropertyValue
Headwordcab
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kab\
Letters3
Frequency rank#22,504
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “cab” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cabse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « burlesque » (#22,503), « cadette » (#22,505), « burkini » (#22,502). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for cab is neighbouring look-alikes ("ce", "ci", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \kab\. Frequency #22,504 among 8,609 “C” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

cab has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "ci", "co", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cab, spelled C-A-B.

Definition

  1. 1
    Taxi britannique.
  2. 2
    Cabriolet, voiture hippomobile légère montée sur deux roues et munie d’une capote en cuir qui peut se rabattre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bien des guides, des hand-books, ont été écrits à l’usage des voyageurs auxquels sont minutieusement indiqués les meilleurs hôtels, le prix des transports, le tarif des cabs et des omnibus, et l’emploi de la journée.
  2. Au lieu de l’express de Paris je pris celui de Calais et me retrouvai à Victoria Station, après trente ans, dans le brouillard réglementaire d’un jour de novembre et m’étonnai simplement, à mon arrivée, de ne pas rouler en cab jusqu’à mon hôtel comme autrefois mais dans une voiture.

This word in other languages

cab(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cab"?
"cab" is spelled C-A-B. The IPA pronunciation is \kab\.
What does "cab" mean?
As a noun, "cab" means: Taxi britannique.
What words are commonly confused with "cab"?
"cab" is commonly confused with "ce", "ci", "co". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cab"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cab" is \kab\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cab" come from?
"cab" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cab", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

XXL#22,458FAQ#22,565toy#22,442Tor#22,440

What to do next

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  • "cab" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ce". View pair
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list