cache-nez
\kaʃ.ne\
The verdict
“cache-nez” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Morceau de tissu dont on s’entoure le cou, et au besoin le bas du visage, pour les préserver du froid.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cache-nez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʃ.ne\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cache-nez” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cache-nez is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kaʃ.ne\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for cache-nez in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cache-nez, spelled C-A-C-H-E---N-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Morceau de tissu dont on s’entoure le cou, et au besoin le bas du visage, pour les préserver du froid.
- 2Sorte de masque de la toilette féminine qui couvrait le nez ou visage.
- 3Partie de casque qui couvrait le nez ou visage.
- 4Pièce de la bride du cheval qui entoure le chanfrein ; muserolle
- 5Vin de mauvaise qualité.
- 6Masque sanitaire.
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.
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Using “cache-nez”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-C-H-E---N-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kaʃ.ne\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.