cabas
\ka.ba\
The verdict
“cabas” is an uncommon French word, ranked #55,112 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,112
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Panier de jonc qui sert ordinairement à mettre des figues.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabas |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ba\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabas” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cabas is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ba\. Corpus data places it at rank #55,112 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cabas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cabas, spelled C-A-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Panier de jonc qui sert ordinairement à mettre des figues.
- 2Grand panier aplati, en paille tressée, servant à porter différents objets.
- 3Panier à provisions, souvent monté sur roulettes.
- 4Cartable d'écolier.
- 5Vieille voiture à cheval, inconfortable.
- 6Chapeau de femme dont la passe n'est pas relevée.
- 7Vieux chapeau de paille.
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 “cabas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-B-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ba\ (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.