cabri
\ka.bʁi\
The verdict
“cabri” is uncommon French (frequency #63,591 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,591
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit de la chèvre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabri · cabri · French
cabri · rank #63,591 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,591
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cacique
Nearest frequency peer: cacique (+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 « cabri »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bâillement
bâillement
36,415 corpus weight
- bédouin
bédouin
36,414 corpus weight
- cabri
cabri
36,410 corpus weight
- cacique
cacique
36,409 corpus weight
- caillebotte
caillebotte
36,407 corpus weight
- cailler
cailler
36,406 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cabri » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabri |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bʁi\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,591 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cabri » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cabri is uncommon French at frequency #63,591 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cabri in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 cabri, spelled C-A-B-R-I.
Definition
- 1Petit de la chèvre.
- 2Petite chèvre qui soutenait la tente d’une galère.
- 3Plus petite récompense dans l’épreuve de slalom de ski alpin du chamois, organisée par l'école de ski français, en-dessous du chamois de bronze.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cabri appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pour moi, entrer là était un moment de joie telle que, jusqu’à douze ou treize ans, je n’ai jamais pu me tenir de faire des sauts de cabri, en manière de salut, avant de franchir le seuil.
L´herbe est douce à Pâques fleuries Jetons mes sabots, tes galoches Et, légers comme des cabris Courons après les sons de cloches
Synonyms
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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