cagnotte

\ka.ɲɔt\

/\ka.ɲɔt\/ noun

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The verdict

“cagnotte” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,676. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,676
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caisse commune, poule, où des joueurs conviennent de déposer les enjeux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cagnotte · cagnotte · French

cagnotte · rank #18,676 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,676
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH brother

Nearest frequency peer: brother (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cagnotte »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cagnotte » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cagnotte vs carotte
75% similar
cagnotte vs canette
75% similar
cagnotte vs calotte
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cagnotte
PropertyValue
Headwordcagnotte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ɲɔt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,676
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cagnotte »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cagnottese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « brother » (#18,675), « card » (#18,677), « braquer » (#18,674). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cagnotte » est au #18,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cagnotte (IPA \ka.ɲɔt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,676 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cagnotte, with forms such as "acgnotte", "caggnotte", and "cagnnotte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "carotte", "canette", "calotte", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cagnotte, spelled C-A-G-N-O-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caisse commune, poule, où des joueurs conviennent de déposer les enjeux.
  2. 2
    Somme des enjeux déposée dans cette caisse.
  3. 3
    Somme totale d’une caisse commune, destinée à être redistribué ou dépensée pour un objectif commun, que plusieurs personnes alimentent.
  4. 4
    Argent économisé petit à petit.
  5. 5
    Cuvier de petite taille utilisé pour fouler le raisin.
  6. 6
    Féminin de cagne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a cinq ou six cercles de jeu autorisés, rien qu’à Cavaillon où l’on compte 12000 habitants. […]. En 1928, dans cette ville, la cagnotte, représentant 5 p. 100 des sommes manipulées, aurait dépassé un million. L’État, d’ailleurs, prélève 22 p. 100 de la cagnotte.
  2. Le chef star de l'émission Top Chef, alors qu’il souhaitait ouvrir son deuxième restaurant (le Bloempot dans le vieux-Lille) s’est vu remettre un chèque de 15 000 € sans aucune contrepartie. Deux clients habitués ont pris seuls l’initiative d’ouvrir une cagnotte sur Leetchi qui a vite suscité l’intérêt des internautes.

This word in other languages

pool(English)pozo(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acgnotte
  • caggnotte
  • cagnnotte
  • cagnote
  • cagnotet
  • cagntote
  • cagontte
  • cangotte
  • ccagnotte
  • cganotte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cagnotte - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acgnotte2caggnotte1cagnnotte1cagnote1cagnotet2cagntote2cagontte2cangotte2
Edit distance from "cagnotte"

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 "cagnotte"?
"cagnotte" is spelled C-A-G-N-O-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ɲɔt\.
What does "cagnotte" mean?
As a noun, "cagnotte" means: Caisse commune, poule, où des joueurs conviennent de déposer les enjeux.
What words are commonly confused with "cagnotte"?
"cagnotte" is commonly confused with "carotte", "canette", "calotte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cagnotte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cagnotte" is \ka.ɲɔt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cagnotte" come from?
"cagnotte" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bloquent#18,667comparez#18,687Crawford#18,701cruciale#18,704

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

braquer10 variantsboulets10 variantsconduis10 variantsbasques10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list