cabernet franc
\ka.bɛʁ.nɛ fʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“cabernet franc” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cépage noir de cuve qui appartient à la famille des carmenets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabernet-franc · cabernet franc · French
cabernet franc · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabernet franc |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bɛʁ.nɛ fʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cabernet franc is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bɛʁ.nɛ fʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cépage noir de cuve qui appartient à la famille des carmenets.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cabernet franc, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cabernet franc, spelled C-A-B-E-R-N-E-T- -F-R-A-N-C.
Definition
- 1Cépage noir de cuve qui appartient à la famille des carmenets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cabernet franc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comme cela a été observé chez le cabernet sauvignon et le cabernet franc (Wolf et al, 1991), la vitesse de la perte de la tolérance au froid des bourgeons varie selon la nature du cépage : le pinot noir se désendurcit plus rapidement que le chardonnay.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.