cageur
\ka.ʒœʁ\
The verdict
“cageur” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ouvrier au fond chargé d'introduire les wagonets pleins dans la cage d'extraction, au moment où elle s'arrête au niveau de l'accrochage, et retirer les wagonets vides ramenés de la surface.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cageur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʒœʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cageur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for cageur is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ʒœʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
cageur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cageur, spelled C-A-G-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Ouvrier au fond chargé d'introduire les wagonets pleins dans la cage d'extraction, au moment où elle s'arrête au niveau de l'accrochage, et retirer les wagonets vides ramenés de la surface.
- 2Ouvrier forestier chargé d'assembler et de diriger des radeaux de troncs d'arbres coupés afin de gagner une scierie, une usine de transformation ou un lieu d'embarquement.
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.
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Using “cageur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-G-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ka.ʒœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.