cabanon

\ka.ba.nɔ̃\

/\ka.ba.nɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“cabanon” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,159. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,159
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite cabane, maisonnette en bois ou pierre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cabanon · cabanon · French

cabanon · rank #40,159 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,159
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bûcherons

Nearest frequency peer: bûcherons (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cabanon »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cabanon » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

cabanon vs canon
71% similar
cabanon vs cannon
71% similar
cabanon vs cabane
71% similar

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

Key facts for cabanon
PropertyValue
Headwordcabanon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ba.nɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,159
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cabanon »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bûcherons » (#40,158), « cade » (#40,160), « burundais » (#40,157). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cabanon » est au #40,159. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cabanon (IPA \ka.ba.nɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,159 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabanon, with forms such as "acbanon", "caabnon", and "cabanno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "canon", "cannon", "cabane", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cabanon, spelled C-A-B-A-N-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite cabane, maisonnette en bois ou pierre.
  2. 2
    Remise, petit édifice servant au rangement à l'extérieur d'une maison.
  3. 3
    Prison, de certains cachots très obscurs.
  4. 4
    Cellule dans les maisons d’aliénés.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'était un Marseillais qui ne parlait que de la Canebière, du cabanon, d'Olive, de Marius, de pêche à la rascasse. On l'aurait lassé faire, il eût entremêlé L'Internationale de galéjades.
  2. Le jour où j’ai emménagé dans le cabanon, il neigeait. Un souffle froid s’échappait du congélateur. Il y avait des toiles d’araignée sur le toit, de la poussière partout, des feuilles et de la boue par terre. Comment allais-je le transformer en un espace vivable où écrire en hiver ?

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acbanon
  • caabnon
  • cabanno
  • cabannon
  • cabanonn
  • cabaonn
  • cabbanon
  • cabnaon
  • cbaanon
  • ccabanon

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabanon - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acbanon2caabnon2cabanno2cabannon1cabanonn1cabaonn2cabbanon1cabnaon2
Edit distance from "cabanon"

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 "cabanon"?
"cabanon" is spelled C-A-B-A-N-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ba.nɔ̃\.
What does "cabanon" mean?
As a noun, "cabanon" means: Petite cabane, maisonnette en bois ou pierre.
What words are commonly confused with "cabanon"?
"cabanon" is commonly confused with "canon", "cannon", "cabane". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabanon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabanon" is \ka.ba.nɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabanon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list