cacou
\ka.ku\
The verdict
“cacou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chef des voleurs.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cacou · cacou · French
cacou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 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 | cacou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ku\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cacou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cacou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cacou in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cacou, spelled C-A-C-O-U.
Definition
- 1Chef des voleurs.
- 2Voyou.
- 3Frimeur sans consistance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cacou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une vraie attitude de cacou. Je savais qui il était. Toni, le troisième homme. L'un des types qui avait peut-être tué Leila.
On les giflerait bien derrière leurs lunettes noires de cacou indice 6 profilées Porsche Cayenne.
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.