cacique
\ka.sik\
The verdict
“cacique” is uncommon French (frequency #63,592 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,592
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terme utilisé par les colons espagnols pour se référer aux dirigeants autochtones en Amérique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cacique · cacique · French
cacique · rank #63,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,592
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cabri
Nearest frequency peer: cabri (-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 « cacique »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- bédouin
bédouin
36,414 corpus weight
- cabri
cabri
36,410 corpus weight
- cacique
cacique
36,409 corpus weight
- caillebotte
caillebotte
36,407 corpus weight
- cailler
cailler
36,406 corpus weight
- caloriques
caloriques
36,405 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cacique » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cacique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.sik\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cacique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cacique is uncommon French at frequency #63,592 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.sik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cacique in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cacique, spelled C-A-C-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Terme utilisé par les colons espagnols pour se référer aux dirigeants autochtones en Amérique.
- 2Personne détenant une fonction importante.
- 3Élève reçu premier au concours de l’École normale supérieure de la rue d’Ulm.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cacique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Soto continua sa marche à travers des champs de millet, sur une étendue de deux lieues, où il découvrit quelques cabanes éparses. Arrivé à un ruisseau profond, bordé d'arbres, et derrière lequel les Indiens s'étaient retranchés, il combattit, força le passage et marcha encore deux lieues, jusqu'à une ville des Apalaches, qui était composée de cinquante ma…
Le cacique Raoni et Marishöri Najashi ont présenté leurs engagements en matière de préservation des modes de vie des peuples indigènes et de protection de l’environnement, notamment des forêts tropicales.
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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