câbler
\kɑ.ble\
The verdict
“câbler” is uncommon French (frequency #90,599 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,599
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brancher un câble.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabler · câbler · French
câbler · rank #90,599 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,599
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cybernétiques
Nearest frequency peer: cybernétiques (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « câbler »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- crânement
crânement
9,405 corpus weight
- curviligne
curviligne
9,404 corpus weight
- cybernétiqu…
cybernétiques
9,403 corpus weight
- câbler
câbler
9,402 corpus weight
- câblées
câblées
9,401 corpus weight
- cédèrent
cédèrent
9,400 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « câbler » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | câbler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɑ.ble\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #90,599 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « câbler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
câbler is uncommon French at frequency #90,599 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɑ.ble\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
câbler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is câbler, spelled C-Â-B-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Brancher un câble.
- 2Brancher un câble.
- 3Assembler plusieurs cordes et les tordre ensemble pour n’en faire qu’une seule.
- 4Envoyer une dépêche par câble télégraphique.
- 5Péter un câble.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how câbler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J'ai câblé à Stanleyville pour demander un mécanicien, afin de procéder à une révision du moteur.
Mais comme il est chargé de rendre compte du procès du parricide, on lui a demandé de câbler votre affaire en même temps.
Antonyms
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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