cagouille
\ka.ɡuj\
The verdict
“cagouille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escargot, dans les Charentes, le Périgord et le Bordelais, plus précisément le petit-gris (Helix aspersa aspersa).
Corpus desk
Index FR-cagouille · cagouille · French
cagouille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | cagouille |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ɡuj\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cagouille » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cagouille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ɡuj\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cagouille in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cagouille, spelled C-A-G-O-U-I-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Escargot, dans les Charentes, le Périgord et le Bordelais, plus précisément le petit-gris (Helix aspersa aspersa).
- 2Volute qui servait d’ornement au haut de l’éperon d’un navire ^([1]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cagouille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mon père était originaire des Charentes, du pays des « cagouillards » comme il disait volontiers (la cagouille, c’est l’escargot qui rentre facilement dans sa coquille)
Cagouille pour les Charentais ou escargot pour les autres (disons « petit gris » pour être précis), elle fait partie de la très nombreuse famille des mollusques.
Synonyms
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.