caban
\ka.bɑ̃\
The verdict
“caban” is an uncommon French word, ranked #86,501 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #86,501
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Étoffe de laine foulonnée rendue imperméable par la conservation d’une partie du suint, utilisée notamment pour la confection de chapeaux et de vêtements de marin.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caban |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caban” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for caban is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.bɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #86,501 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
caban has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is caban, spelled C-A-B-A-N.
Definition
- 1Étoffe de laine foulonnée rendue imperméable par la conservation d’une partie du suint, utilisée notamment pour la confection de chapeaux et de vêtements de marin.
- 2Vêtement de dessus avec des manches et un capuchon fabriqué initialement avec ce tissus.
- 3Manteau-capote de laine foncée couverte de toile imperméable, parfois accompagné d’une capuche.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “caban”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-B-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.bɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.