cagoule

/\ka.ɡul\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,792

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

cagoule is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de vêtement de moine, ample et sans manches. Cuculle. Pronounced \ka.ɡul\. Often confused with coule and carole.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cagoule in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cagoule is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ka.ɡul\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,792 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for cagoule, with forms such as "acgoule", "caggoule", and "cagolue". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cagoule, spelled C-A-G-O-U-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acgoule,caggoule,cagolue,cagouel,cagoulle,caguole,caogule,ccagoule,cgaoule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cagoule

Misspelling Variants of "cagoule"

acgoule7caggoule8cagolue7cagouel7cagoulle8caguole7caogule7ccagoule8
Misspelling Variants of "cagoule"

Frequency rank: #23,792 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.