cage d’escalier
\kaʒ d‿ɛs.ka.lje\
The verdict
“cage d’escalier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espace compris entre les murs qui enferment un escalier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cage-d-escalier · cage d’escalier · French
cage d’escalier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | cage d’escalier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kaʒ d‿ɛs.ka.lje\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cage d’escalier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kaʒ d‿ɛs.ka.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espace compris entre les murs qui enferment un escalier.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cage d’escalier, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cage d’escalier, spelled C-A-G-E- -D-’-E-S-C-A-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Espace compris entre les murs qui enferment un escalier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cage d’escalier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ses parents l’enfermaient toujours dans la cage d’escalier quand il ne les écoutait pas.
Pour décupler les logements, il fallut entresoler presque toutes les grandes salles, les couper de deux ou trois cloisons, ouvrir dans l’épaisseur des murs des cages d’escaliers, des gaines de cheminée.
This word in other languages
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.