caecum
French, noun/se.kɔm/
caecum is spelled C-A-E-C-U-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 130,697th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caecum is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of cæcum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caecum mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of cæcum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
typographic variant: 1. Variante typographique de cæcum souvent utilisée, le caractère ‹ æ › n’étant pas disponible sur le clavier AZERTY, le plus utilisé par les francophones. 2. Extrémité sans issue d'un conduit, d'un boyau souterrain.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caecum
- caecums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caecum?
- /se.kɔm/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is caecum in French?
caecum appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).