cabine téléphonique
\ka.bin te.le.fɔ.nik\
The verdict
“cabine téléphonique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite construction fermée ou partiellement fermée, équipée d’un téléphone à l’usage du public.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabine téléphonique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bin te.le.fɔ.nik\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabine téléphonique” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cabine téléphonique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bin te.le.fɔ.nik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cabine téléphonique in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cabine téléphonique, spelled C-A-B-I-N-E- -T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Petite construction fermée ou partiellement fermée, équipée d’un téléphone à l’usage du public.
- 2Tout téléphone public avec sous sans cabine ou dispositif permettant à l’utilisateur de s’isoler.
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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.
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Using “cabine téléphonique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-B-I-N-E- -T-É-L-É-P-H-O-N-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.bin te.le.fɔ.nik\ (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.