cafter
\kaf.te\
The verdict
“cafter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Dénoncer, moucharder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cafter · cafter · French
cafter · 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cafter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kaf.te\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cafter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cafter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kaf.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dénoncer, moucharder.".
No misspelling variants are generated for cafter in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 cafter, spelled C-A-F-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dénoncer, moucharder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cafter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai cafté Marcel pour le vol qu’il a fait.
En outre, jaloux de sa soudaine application, de son aisance inattendue pour piger l’algèbre, les sciences ou la géométrie, quelques élèves le menaçaient souvent de le « cafter » s’il n’acceptait pas de leur offrir en cachette une bonne note supplémentaire.
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.