cabaret

\ka.ba.ʁɛ\

/\ka.ba.ʁɛ\/ noun

The verdict

“cabaret” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,126
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taverne où l’on vend en détail du vin et des boissons spiritueuses et où l’on vend aussi à manger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cabaret · cabaret · French

cabaret · rank #13,126 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,126
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Béziers

Nearest frequency peer: Béziers (-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 « cabaret »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cabaret » 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).

cabaret vs cabaye
71% similar
cabaret vs cabinet
71% similar
cabaret vs cabernet
75% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cabaret »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cabaretse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Béziers » (#13,125), « bénéficiant » (#13,124), « cachet » (#13,128). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cabaret » est au #13,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cabaret (IPA \ka.ba.ʁɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,126 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabaret, with forms such as "acbaret", "caabret", and "cabaert". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cabaret, spelled C-A-B-A-R-E-T.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La fréquentation du cabaret entraine des maux étranges ; on y mange, on y joue son bien, on y ruine sa santé : on s'y abandonne à toutes sortes de crimes, comme aux jeux excessifs, aux tromperies, aux juremens, aux querelles, aux médisances, aux paroles sales, enfin à l'ivrognerie, qui fait que l'homme n'est plus homme, dit Saint Grégoire.
  2. Mon herbier et mes livres de botanique me coûtent déjà beaucoup de peine et d'argent à transporter de gîte en gite, et de cabaret en cabaret.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acbaret
  • caabret
  • cabaert
  • cabarett
  • cabarret
  • cabarte
  • cabbaret
  • cabraet
  • cbaaret
  • ccabaret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabaret - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acbaret2caabret2cabaert2cabarett1cabarret1cabarte2cabbaret1cabraet2
Edit distance from "cabaret"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabaret", 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