Cabourg
\ka.buʁ\
The verdict
“Cabourg” is uncommon French (frequency #53,833 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,833
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabourg · Cabourg · French
Cabourg · rank #53,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,833
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cada
Nearest frequency peer: cada (+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 « Cabourg »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- busta
busta
46,172 corpus weight
- butor
butor
46,171 corpus weight
- Cabourg
Cabourg
46,168 corpus weight
- cada
cada
46,167 corpus weight
- cadrée
cadrée
46,166 corpus weight
- campana
campana
46,165 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cabourg » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cabourg |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.buʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Cabourg » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Cabourg is uncommon French at frequency #53,833 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.buʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Cabourg has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Cabourg, spelled C-A-B-O-U-R-G.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département du Calvados.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département du Calvados.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Cabourg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Plus question de choisir, car on s’y prenait bien trop tard, mais il restait une petite chambre à louer à Cabourg, sur la Manche.
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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