cache-col
\kaʃ.kɔl\
The verdict
“cache-col” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de tissu, qui se met autour du cou, pour le protéger du froid.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cache-col · cache-col · French
cache-col · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | cache-col |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʃ.kɔl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cache-col is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʃ.kɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pièce de tissu, qui se met autour du cou, pour le protéger du froid.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cache-col, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 cache-col, spelled C-A-C-H-E---C-O-L.
Definition
- 1Pièce de tissu, qui se met autour du cou, pour le protéger du froid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cache-col appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Melchior reconnut le cache-col et le nez rouge, les yeux durs qui regardaient en coin avec une méfiance douloureuse.
Tu te souviens, Colombe, du cache-col de papa, le chiné ? Ce qu’il m’allait bien…
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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.