cabrée
\ka.bʁe\
The verdict
“cabrée” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Position de voltige d'un aéronef.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabree · cabrée · French
cabrée · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cabrée |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bʁe\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cabrée » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cabrée is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bʁe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Position de voltige d'un aéronef.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cabrée, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cabrée, spelled C-A-B-R-É-E.
Definition
- 1Position de voltige d'un aéronef.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cabrée appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un creux profond se forma à 30 mètres devant l'hélice, sèchement je poussai le volant en avant puis le tirai sur le ventre : l'hydravion se plaqua, en cabrée, sur le flanc de la vague.
[…] car la vitesse alors est dans une zone ne permettant de se placer dans une position cabrée aussi exagérée que celle que j'ai obtenue en ne sortant les volets qu'après une prise de badin et une mise en cabrée très poussée.
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.