cagoule

\ka.ɡul\

/\ka.ɡul\/ noun

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The verdict

“cagoule” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,792. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,792
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de vêtement de moine, ample et sans manches. Cuculle.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cagoule · cagoule · French

cagoule · rank #23,792 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,792
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cadastre

Nearest frequency peer: cadastre (-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 « cagoule »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cagoule » 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).

cagoule vs coule
71% similar
cagoule vs carole
71% similar
cagoule vs Capoue
57% similar

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

Key facts for cagoule
PropertyValue
Headwordcagoule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.ɡul\
Letters7
Frequency rank#23,792
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cagoule »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cagoulese 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 « cadastre » (#23,791), « cambriolages » (#23,793), « cachets » (#23,790). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cagoule » est au #23,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cagoule (IPA \ka.ɡul\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,792 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cagoule, with forms such as "acgoule", "caggoule", and "cagolue". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "coule", "carole", "Capoue", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cagoule, spelled C-A-G-O-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de vêtement de moine, ample et sans manches. Cuculle.
  2. 2
    Capuchon percé d’ouvertures à la place des yeux et à celle de la bouche, ou au niveau du visage. Elle est destinée à protéger le visage (froid, flamme, projections, etc.) ou à préserver l’anonymat
  3. 3
    Sorte de capuchon pour couvrir entièrement la tête et en aveugler le porteur.
  4. 4
    Protection faciale utilisée pour la soudure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au premier rang et les plus inclinées sur le lit, on en remarquait quatre qu’à leur cagoule grise, sorte de soutane, on devinait attachées à quelque confrérie dévote.
  2. On enterra les morts avec magnificence, dans l’église d’un monastère à trois journées du château. Un moine en cagoule rabattue suivit le cortège, loin de tous les autres, sans que personne osât lui parler.

This word in other languages

cowl(English)pasamontañas(Español)Kapuze(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acgoule
  • caggoule
  • cagolue
  • cagouel
  • cagoulle
  • caguole
  • caogule
  • ccagoule
  • cgaoule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cagoule - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acgoule2caggoule1cagolue2cagouel2cagoulle1caguole2caogule2ccagoule1
Edit distance from "cagoule"

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 "cagoule"?
"cagoule" is spelled C-A-G-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.ɡul\.
What does "cagoule" mean?
As a noun, "cagoule" means: Sorte de vêtement de moine, ample et sans manches. Cuculle.
What words are commonly confused with "cagoule"?
"cagoule" is commonly confused with "coule", "carole", "Capoue". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cagoule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cagoule" is \ka.ɡul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cagoule" come from?
"cagoule" 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 "cagoule", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cachets#23,790bénisse#23,789blanchi#23,781commons#23,806

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

celtes9 variantsBorussia9 variantsbondir9 variantsballades9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list