café-concert
\ka.fe.kɔ̃.sɛʁ\
The verdict
“café-concert” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salle de concert réunissant dans son enceinte un public qui paie en consommations le plaisir d’entendre des romances, des chansonnettes ou des morceaux d’opéra.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cafe-concert · café-concert · French
café-concert · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | café-concert |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.fe.kɔ̃.sɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « café-concert » en français
Rare enough to double-check
café-concert is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.fe.kɔ̃.sɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salle de concert réunissant dans son enceinte un public qui paie en consommations le plaisir d’entendre des romances, des chansonnettes ou des morceaux d’opéra.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for café-concert, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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 café-concert, spelled C-A-F-É---C-O-N-C-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1Salle de concert réunissant dans son enceinte un public qui paie en consommations le plaisir d’entendre des romances, des chansonnettes ou des morceaux d’opéra.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how café-concert appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De son côté, Larsonneau s’engageait à bâtir, sur ces terrains, pour une somme égale, une salle de café-concert, accompagnée d’un grand jardin.
Elle allait chanter dans un café-concert où elle serait décolletée comme ceci, avec un corsage de soie bleue. Maurice voulait acheter un phonographe et faire, tous deux, les fêtes des environs de Paris.
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.