cacographie

\ka.kɔ.ɡʁa.fi\

/\ka.kɔ.ɡʁa.fi\/ noun

The verdict

“cacographie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faute d’orthographe, erreur de style.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cacographie · cacographie · French

cacographie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for cacographie
PropertyValue
Headwordcacographie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.kɔ.ɡʁa.fi\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cacographie » en français

cacographiereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cacographie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.kɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faute d’orthographe, erreur de style.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for cacographie in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cacographie, spelled C-A-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Faute d’orthographe, erreur de style.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how cacographie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pendant que l’élève corrige cette cacographie, il lit les règles et les remarques sur l’orthographe du verbe, […]. L’élève trouve, après elles, une cacographie qui n’est fautive que sur le nom, l’adjectif et le verbe, il doit la corriger.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cacographie"?
"cacographie" is spelled C-A-C-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.kɔ.ɡʁa.fi\.
What does "cacographie" mean?
As a noun, "cacographie" means: Faute d’orthographe, erreur de style.
How do you pronounce "cacographie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cacographie" is \ka.kɔ.ɡʁa.fi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cacographie" come from?
"cacographie" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list