caboteur
\ka.bɔ.tœʁ\
The verdict
“caboteur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Marin qui fait le cabotage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caboteur · caboteur · French
caboteur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caboteur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bɔ.tœʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caboteur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caboteur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bɔ.tœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
caboteur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is caboteur, spelled C-A-B-O-T-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Marin qui fait le cabotage.
- 2Navire côtier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caboteur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Edmond était devenu aussi habile caboteur qu’il était autrefois hardi marin ;
Effectivement, un beau matin l’Utile, petit caboteur qui fait le service de l’île, appareilla, l’emporta avec toute sa famille, et nous revint avec un autre régisseur.
Synonyms
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.