caféterie
\ka.fe.tʁi\
The verdict
“caféterie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Local où sont préparés cafés et petits déjeuners dans l’hôtellerie ou les collectivités.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caféterie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.fe.tʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “caféterie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
caféterie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.fe.tʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
caféterie has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is caféterie, spelled C-A-F-É-T-E-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Local où sont préparés cafés et petits déjeuners dans l’hôtellerie ou les collectivités.
- 2Désigne de façon générale le matériel ou les produits entrant dans la sphère de la distribution du café des petits déjeuners.
- 3Endroit où l’on cultive des caféiers.
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.
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Using “caféterie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-F-É-T-E-R-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.fe.tʁi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.