Cacouna

\kɑ.ku.nɑ\

/\kɑ.ku.nɑ\/ name

The verdict

“Cacouna” is uncommon French (frequency #84,601 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,601
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réserve indienne du Bas-Saint-Laurent fréquentée majoritairement par la Première Nation malécite de Viger.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cacouna · Cacouna · French

Cacouna · rank #84,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,601
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabin

Nearest frequency peer: cabin (-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 « Cacouna »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cacouna » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cacouna
PropertyValue
HeadwordCacouna
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kɑ.ku.nɑ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,601
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cacouna » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Cacounatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « cabin » (#84,600), « cadastrales » (#84,602), « cabello » (#84,599). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cacouna » est au #84,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cacouna is uncommon French at frequency #84,601 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɑ.ku.nɑ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Cacouna in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Cacouna, spelled C-A-C-O-U-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Réserve indienne du Bas-Saint-Laurent fréquentée majoritairement par la Première Nation malécite de Viger.
  2. 2
    Municipalité canadienne du Québec située dans la MRC de Rivière-du-Loup.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À un mois de Noël, une jeune mère de deux enfants de Cacouna a perdu la vie tragiquement, après avoir a été happée par une déneigeuse alors qu’elle faisait sa marche quotidienne avec son poupon de sept mois.
  2. Début janvier 1998, je sortais de mes vacances des Fêtes passées à Cacouna, dans ma circonscription de Rivière-du-Loup.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cacouna"?
"Cacouna" is spelled C-A-C-O-U-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑ.ku.nɑ\.
What does "Cacouna" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cacouna" means: Réserve indienne du Bas-Saint-Laurent fréquentée majoritairement par la Première Nation malécite de Viger.
How do you pronounce "Cacouna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cacouna" is \kɑ.ku.nɑ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cacouna" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cacouna", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list