cabriole
\ka.bʁi.jɔl\
The verdict
“cabriole” 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) - Saut d’une personne qui s’élève ou se retourne sur elle-même avec agilité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cabriole · cabriole · French
cabriole · 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 | cabriole |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.bʁi.jɔl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cabriole » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cabriole is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.bʁi.jɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cabriole, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cabriole, spelled C-A-B-R-I-O-L-E.
Definition
- 1Saut d’une personne qui s’élève ou se retourne sur elle-même avec agilité.
- 2Faire une cabriole involontaire, lors d’une chute.
- 3Saut que le cheval exécute lorsque, étant en l’air, le devant et le derrière à la même hauteur, il détache la ruade ; capriole.
- 4Grimaces, plaisanterie dont on se sert comme d’une échappatoire.
- 5Chambre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cabriole appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faire la cabriole, une cabriole, des cabrioles.
Moi, je me plie à leurs fantaisies sans discuter. Je marche à quatre pattes ; je fais des cabrioles.
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.