cabridan
\ka.bʁi.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“cabridan” 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) - Grosse guêpe de l’espèce Vespa crabro.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabridan · cabridan · French
cabridan · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | cabridan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bʁi.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cabridan is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bʁi.dɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grosse guêpe de l’espèce Vespa crabro.".
cabridan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cabridan, spelled C-A-B-R-I-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1Grosse guêpe de l’espèce Vespa crabro.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cabridan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait aussi d’énormes guêpes, dites cabridans, que nous assommions à coup de serviette...
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.