cagette

\ka.ʒɛt\

/\ka.ʒɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“cagette” is uncommon French (frequency #92,512 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,512
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caisse en bois déroulé permettant le transport de fruits et légumes principalement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cagette · cagette · French

cagette · rank #92,512 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,512
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH caducée

Nearest frequency peer: caducée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cagette »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cagette » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cagette
PropertyValue
Headwordcagette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ʒɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#92,512
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cagette » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cagettetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « caducée » (#92,511), « cagibi » (#92,513), « Cadoudal » (#92,510). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cagette » est au #92,512. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cagette is uncommon French at frequency #92,512 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʒɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cagette, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cagette, spelled C-A-G-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caisse en bois déroulé permettant le transport de fruits et légumes principalement.
  2. 2
    Cette caisse et son contenu.
  3. 3
    Petite forme en osier pour égoutter les fromages.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dans la remise, le père monta au grenier et cacha le squelette derrière une pile de cagettes vides qu’il tenait en réserve pour en faire du bois d’allumage.
  2. Dans la première série d'opérations, la réception se fait directement dans la cagette qui est adaptée à la largeur de la machine. Une seule personne s'en saisit facilement, ajuste le poids à 15 kg d'huîtres et la pose sur la palette.

Synonyms

cageotbarquette

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 "cagette"?
"cagette" is spelled C-A-G-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ʒɛt\.
What does "cagette" mean?
As a noun, "cagette" means: Caisse en bois déroulé permettant le transport de fruits et légumes principalement.
How do you pronounce "cagette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cagette" is \ka.ʒɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cagette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

caducée#92,511Cabinda#92,509Cabanel#92,508bullets#92,502

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list