cacatois
\ka.ka.twa\
The verdict
“cacatois” 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) - Petit mât au-dessus du mât de perroquet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cacatois · cacatois · French
cacatois · 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 | cacatois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ka.twa\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cacatois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cacatois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ka.twa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
cacatois doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cacatois, spelled C-A-C-A-T-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Petit mât au-dessus du mât de perroquet.
- 2Voile de ce mât.
- 3Toute voile au sommet d’un mât.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cacatois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’aimerais mieux chevaucher pendant deux heures sur le grand cacatois, pendant un coup de vent de nord-ouest ! v
Plus tard, les bonnettes et les cacatois furent hissés.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.