cafét’

\ka.fɛt\

/\ka.fɛt\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de cafèt’.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cafet · cafét’ · French

cafét’ · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 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 cafét’
PropertyValue
Headwordcafét’
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.fɛt\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cafét’ » en français

cafét’n'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

cafét’ is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.fɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de cafèt’.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cafét’, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 cafét’, spelled C-A-F-É-T-’.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de cafèt’.

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 "cafét’"?
"cafét’" is spelled C-A-F-É-T-’. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.fɛt\.
What does "cafét’" mean?
As a noun, "cafét’" means: Variante orthographique de cafèt’.
How do you pronounce "cafét’"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cafét’" is \ka.fɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cafét’" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list