cageux
\ka.ʒø\
The verdict
“cageux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Train de bois, ou cage.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cageux · cageux · French
cageux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cageux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ʒø\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cageux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cageux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ʒø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cageux has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cageux, spelled C-A-G-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Train de bois, ou cage.
- 2Personne travaillant sur une cage, ou train de bois.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cageux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…]on jugeait des nouveaux ouvriers, des cageux de passage employés sur les cours d’eau pour la descente des rondins…
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.