cabotage
\ka.bɔ.taʒ\
The verdict
“cabotage” is uncommon French (frequency #59,857 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,857
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de caboter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabotage · cabotage · French
cabotage · rank #59,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,857
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH bénins
Nearest frequency peer: bénins (-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 « cabotage »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Béjart
Béjart
40,147 corpus weight
- Béliveau
Béliveau
40,146 corpus weight
- bénins
bénins
40,145 corpus weight
- cabotage
cabotage
40,144 corpus weight
- cabral
cabral
40,143 corpus weight
- caciques
caciques
40,142 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cabotage » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabotage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bɔ.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cabotage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cabotage is uncommon French at frequency #59,857 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bɔ.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
cabotage has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cabotage, spelled C-A-B-O-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Action de caboter.
- 2Type de navigation maritime consistant à se déplacer de port en port en restant à proximité des côtes.
- 3Connaissance des bancs, des courants, des mouillages qui sont le long d’une côte.
- 4Dans le droit du transport routier de marchandises, fait de quitter un pays avec un véhicule et à le charger puis décharger, à plusieurs reprises, dans un pays étranger, avec retour obligatoire au pays d’origine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cabotage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Grand, petit cabotage. Faire le cabotage.
J’ai tout de même été bien content de quitter le métier avec ce que j’ai eu, et de pouvoir m’acheter un chasse-marée pour faire le cabotage.
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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