cabochons
\ka.bɔ.ʃɔ̃\
The verdict
“cabochons” is uncommon French (frequency #76,392 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,392
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de cabochon.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabochons · cabochons · French
cabochons · rank #76,392 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,392
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 257,141
- PHOTO-FINISH cabestan
Nearest frequency peer: cabestan (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cabochons”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- béluga
béluga
23,613 corpus weight
- cabestan
cabestan
23,610 corpus weight
- cabochons
cabochons
23,609 corpus weight
- calanque
calanque
23,608 corpus weight
- calcinée
calcinée
23,607 corpus weight
- calmait
calmait
23,605 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cabochons” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabochons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bɔ.ʃɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,392 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cabochons” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cabochons is uncommon French at frequency #76,392 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bɔ.ʃɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cabochon.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cabochons, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cabochons, spelled C-A-B-O-C-H-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de cabochon.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.