cage à lapins

\ka.ʒ‿a la.pɛ̃\

/\ka.ʒ‿a la.pɛ̃\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cage pour l’élevage ou le transport des lapins et des rongeurs.

Key facts for cage à lapins
PropertyValue
Headwordcage à lapins
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʒ‿a la.pɛ̃\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cage à lapins” sits in French frequency

cage à lapins falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Rare enough to double-check

cage à lapins is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʒ‿a la.pɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

cage à lapins doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cage à lapins, spelled C-A-G-E- -À- -L-A-P-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cage pour l’élevage ou le transport des lapins et des rongeurs.
  2. 2
    Habitat collectif, HLM avec l’idée d’entassement.

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 "cage à lapins"?
"cage à lapins" is spelled C-A-G-E- -À- -L-A-P-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʒ‿a la.pɛ̃\.
What does "cage à lapins" mean?
As a noun, "cage à lapins" means: Cage pour l’élevage ou le transport des lapins et des rongeurs.
How do you pronounce "cage à lapins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cage à lapins" is \ka.ʒ‿a la.pɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cage à lapins" come from?
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Using “cage à lapins”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-G-E- -À- -L-A-P-I-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ka.ʒ‿a la.pɛ̃\ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list