cabot

\ka.bo\

/\ka.bo\/ noun

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The verdict

“cabot” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,707. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,707
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cabot · cabot · French

cabot · rank #37,707 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,707
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH calomnies

Nearest frequency peer: calomnies (+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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cabot »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cabot » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cabot vs cat
60% similar
cabot vs caro
60% similar
cabot vs cast
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cabot
PropertyValue
Headwordcabot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.bo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#37,707
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cabot »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cabotse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « calomnies » (#37,708), « bénéficiez » (#37,705), « byzantins » (#37,704). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cabot » est au #37,707. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cabot (IPA \ka.bo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,707 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabot, with forms such as "acbot", "cabbot", and "cabott". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cat", "caro", "cast", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cabot, spelled C-A-B-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cabot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. À ce moment-là, le cabot est arrivé en aboyant ;j’ai voulu m’en saisir, mais la sale bête, elle a failli me prendre le nez entre ses dents.
  2. L'ouverture donnait sur la loge de Gaby Million où la vedette avait laissé ses chiens. Les bêtes se mirent à aboyer. Naturellement c'est plein de cabots, crut devoir déclarer spirituellement Mr. Morgan. Mes girls aussi en trimbaleraient une meute si je le tolérais. — (Francis Carco, L’Homme de minuit, Éditions Albin Michel, Paris, 1938)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acbot
  • cabbot
  • cabott
  • cabto
  • caobt
  • cbaot
  • ccabot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabot - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acbot2cabbot1cabott1cabto2caobt2cbaot2ccabot1
Edit distance from "cabot"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabot"?
"cabot" is spelled C-A-B-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.bo\.
What does "cabot" mean?
As a noun, "cabot" means: Chien.
What words are commonly confused with "cabot"?
"cabot" is commonly confused with "cat", "caro", "cast". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabot" is \ka.bo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabot" come from?
"cabot" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ceuta#37,718Bodin#37,691bimbo#37,687cimes#37,727

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

belgo7 variantsclodo7 variantsDupin7 variantsdurci7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list