cabriolet

\ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ\

/\ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cabriolet” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,125. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,125
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voiture hippomobile légère montée sur deux roues et munie d’une capote en cuir qui peut se rabattre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cabriolet · cabriolet · French

cabriolet · rank #23,125 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #23,125
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH burgers

Nearest frequency peer: burgers (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cabriolet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cabriolet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cabriolet vs cambrioler
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cabriolet
PropertyValue
Headwordcabriolet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,125
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cabriolet »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cabrioletse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « burgers » (#23,124), « caille » (#23,126), « brunch » (#23,123). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cabriolet » est au #23,125. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around cabriolet (IPA \ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,125 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabriolet, with forms such as "acbriolet", "cabbriolet", and "cabirolet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cambrioler", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cabriolet, spelled C-A-B-R-I-O-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Voiture hippomobile légère montée sur deux roues et munie d’une capote en cuir qui peut se rabattre.
  2. 2
    Voiture automobile à deux places, souvent décapotable.
  3. 3
    Manche de couteau qui supporte plusieurs lames.
  4. 4
    Forme de cordonnier.
  5. 5
    Corde à nœuds terminée par deux morceaux de bois dont on se sert pour lier les mains de ceux qu’on arrête.
  6. 6
    Par référence au lien utilisé par la police.
  7. 7
    Chapeau de femme.
  8. 8
    Fauteuil dont le dossier incurvé épouse la forme du dos.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cabriolet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le substitut saisit la liste et le reste des billets, il les montra d’abord à Mme Piédefer en lui disant de ne pas souffrir que Lousteau recommençât cette infâme plaisanterie, et il se jeta dans un cabriolet.
  2. On m’avait mis près du conducteur dans le cabriolet de devant, où rien ne devait me garantir du vent du soir, mais aussi où rien ne m’empêchait de voir le paysage.

This word in other languages

chaise(English)convertible(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acbriolet
  • cabbriolet
  • cabirolet
  • cabriloet
  • cabrioelt
  • cabriolett
  • cabriollet
  • cabriolte
  • cabroilet
  • cabrriolet
  • carbiolet
  • cbariolet
  • ccabriolet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabriolet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acbriolet2cabbriolet1cabirolet2cabriloet2cabrioelt2cabriolett1cabriollet1cabriolte2
Edit distance from "cabriolet"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cabriolet"?
"cabriolet" is spelled C-A-B-R-I-O-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ\.
What does "cabriolet" mean?
As a noun, "cabriolet" means: Voiture hippomobile légère montée sur deux roues et munie d’une capote en cuir qui peut se rabattre.
What words are commonly confused with "cabriolet"?
"cabriolet" is commonly confused with "cambrioler". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cabriolet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cabriolet" is \ka.bʁi.jɔ.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cabriolet" come from?
"cabriolet" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabriolet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list