cabaret

/\ka.ba.ʁɛ\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,126

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

cabaret is aFrenchnoun. It means: Taverne où l’on vend en détail du vin et des boissons spiritueuses et où l’on vend aussi à manger. Pronounced \ka.ba.ʁɛ\. Often confused with cabaye and cabinet.

Key facts for cabaret
PropertyValue
Headwordcabaret
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ba.ʁɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,126
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cabaret in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cabaret is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ba.ʁɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,126 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for cabaret, with forms such as "acbaret", "caabret", and "cabaert". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "cabaye", "cabinet", "cabernet", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cabaret, spelled C-A-B-A-R-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Taverne où l’on vend en détail du vin et des boissons spiritueuses et où l’on vend aussi à manger.
  2. 2
    Taverne où l’on vend en détail du vin et des boissons spiritueuses et où l’on vend aussi à manger.
  3. 3
    Établissement où l’on se réunit pour entendre des chansons satiriques ou politiques.
  4. 4
    Plateau à bord relevés ou petite table utilisé pour servir des boissons.
  5. 5
    Plateau de self-service, tout particulièrement dans les cafétérias et autres établissements de restauration rapide.
  6. 6
    Porte-liqueurs, cave à liqueurs.
  7. 7
    Assortiment des tasses qu’on met sur le plateau.
  8. 8
    Sur un bateau, sorte de plateau destiné à fixer sur une table les assiettes et les couverts pour les empêcher de tomber.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acbaret,caabret,cabaert,cabarett,cabarret,cabarte,cabbaret,cabraet,cbaaret,ccabaret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cabaret

Misspelling Variants of "cabaret"

acbaret7caabret7cabaert7cabarett8cabarret8cabarte7cabbaret8cabraet7
Misspelling Variants of "cabaret"

Frequency rank: #13,126 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabaret"?
"cabaret" is spelled C-A-B-A-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ba.ʁɛ\.
What does "cabaret" mean?
As a noun, "cabaret" means: Taverne où l’on vend en détail du vin et des boissons spiritueuses et où l’on vend aussi à manger.
What words are commonly confused with "cabaret"?
"cabaret" is commonly confused with "cabaye", "cabinet", "cabernet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabaret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabaret" is \ka.ba.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabaret" come from?
"cabaret" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.