cachou
\ka.ʃu\
The verdict
“cachou” is uncommon French (frequency #83,681 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,681
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance brune et astringente composée d'un tannin, appelé acide japonique ou catéchine ; on l'extrait des gousses de différents arbres : Senegalia catechu ou cachoutier, Areca catechu ^([2]) ou p...
Corpus desk
Index FR-cachou · cachou · French
cachou · rank #83,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,681
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH calmons
Nearest frequency peer: calmons (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « cachou »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bugle
bugle
16,324 corpus weight
- cacaoyer
cacaoyer
16,322 corpus weight
- cachou
cachou
16,320 corpus weight
- calmons
calmons
16,319 corpus weight
- calmées
calmées
16,318 corpus weight
- calomnieuses
calomnieuses
16,317 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cachou » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cachou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʃu\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cachou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cachou is uncommon French at frequency #83,681 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʃu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cachou, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cachou, spelled C-A-C-H-O-U.
Definition
- 1Substance brune et astringente composée d'un tannin, appelé acide japonique ou catéchine ; on l'extrait des gousses de différents arbres : Senegalia catechu ou cachoutier, Areca catechu ^([2]) ou palmier à bétel et d'une plante : Uncaria gambir ou gambier ;
- 2Petits grains ou pastilles agréables au goût, contenant cet extrait.
- 3Couleur, dont la description est variable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cachou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Selon Kerr, le cachou de l’acacia était autrefois préparé avec le cœur du bois de l’arbre, que l’on réduit en copeaux et que l’on fait bouillir dans des vases en terre, jusqu’à réduction de moitié de l’eau employée et dessiccation au soleil.
On allie le cachou au sucre pour en rendre l’emploi plus agréable. C’est à cette préparation qu’il faut rapporter les pastilles de cachou, les grains de cachou et le sirop.
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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