cage

\kaʒ\

/\kaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cage” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,639
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite loge portative faite de fils de fer ou de menus bâtons d’osier et dans laquelle on enferme ordinairement des petits animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cage · cage · French

cage · rank #5,639 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,639
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bêtes

Nearest frequency peer: bêtes (-1 rank slots)

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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “cage”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “cage” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cage vs ce
50% similar
cage vs cas
50% similar
cage vs car
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cage
PropertyValue
Headwordcage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kaʒ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,639
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “cage” se place dans la fréquence du français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cagese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bêtes » (#5,638), « caractéristique » (#5,640), « bâton » (#5,637). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cage (IPA \kaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,639 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 14 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cage, with forms such as "acge", "caeg", and "cagge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "cas", "car", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cage, spelled C-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petite loge portative faite de fils de fer ou de menus bâtons d’osier et dans laquelle on enferme ordinairement des petits animaux.
  2. 2
    Petite loge portative en bois avec des carreaux translucides, (particulièrement destinée à accueillir un pinson).
  3. 3
    Loge portative d’assez grandes dimensions, garnie de barreaux d’un ou de plusieurs côtés, et destinée à renfermer des animaux et même des hommes.
  4. 4
    Espace clos.
  5. 5
    Benne qui s’élevant ou descendant verticalement fait remonter ou descendre les ouvriers d’un puits.
  6. 6
    Boite qui renferme un mouvement d’horlogerie.
  7. 7
    Dispositif à claire-voie servant à garder le poisson vivant dans l’eau ou à l’empêcher de s’échapper d’un étang.
  8. 8
    But (endroit où il faut réussir à envoyer le ballon).
  9. 9
    Joueurs de deuxième ligne au rugby (ils sont comme prisonniers dans la mêlée, coincés entre les premières et troisièmes lignes, ce qui explique ce terme).
  10. 10
    Cage de roulement, pièce d'un palier à roulement permettant d'en maintenir en place les billes ou les galets.
  11. 11
    Voiture → voir caisse.
  12. 12
    Cage de chasteté, cage pénienne.
  13. 13
    Pièce métallique couvert d'emplacements pour vis où se loge la caméra, permettant la fixation d'équipements (tige, batterie etc...).
  14. 14
    Cage thoracique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how cage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Une cage à serins était pendue au plafond ; les oiseaux avaient été emportés, mais la mangeoire était pleine de chenevis.
  2. Au jour fixé pour le concours , chaque amateur apporte son pinson dans une cage.

This word in other languages

cage(English)jaula(Español)Käfig(Deutsch)gaiola(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acge
  • caeg
  • cagge
  • ccage
  • cgae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cage - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acge2caeg2cagge1ccage1cgae2
Edit distance from "cage"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cage"?
"cage" is spelled C-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kaʒ\.
What does "cage" mean?
As a noun, "cage" means: Petite loge portative faite de fils de fer ou de menus bâtons d’osier et dans laquelle on enferme ordinairement des petits animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "cage"?
"cage" is commonly confused with "ce", "cas", "car". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cage" is \kaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cage" come from?
"cage" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cage", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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What to do next

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  • "cage" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ce". View pair
  • 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #5,639 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list