cagnard

\ka.ɲaʁ\

/\ka.ɲaʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“cagnard” is an uncommon French word, ranked #81,850 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.

#81,850
frequency rank, French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui s’accroupit comme un chien et ne bouge plus.

Key facts for cagnard
PropertyValue
Headwordcagnard
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ka.ɲaʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,850
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cagnard” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cagnard lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cagnard is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ɲaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #81,850 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

cagnard doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cagnard, spelled C-A-G-N-A-R-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui s’accroupit comme un chien et ne bouge plus.
  2. 2
    Qui n’aime pas bouger, qui est paresseux.
  3. 3
    Qui est lâche, poltron.

This word in other languages

Hundstage(Deutsch)

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 "cagnard"?
"cagnard" is spelled C-A-G-N-A-R-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ɲaʁ\.
What does "cagnard" mean?
As an adjective, "cagnard" means: Qui s’accroupit comme un chien et ne bouge plus.
How do you pronounce "cagnard"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cagnard" is \ka.ɲaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cagnard" come from?
"cagnard" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “cagnard”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-G-N-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ka.ɲaʁ\ (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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list