cahier

\ka.je\

/\ka.je\/ noun

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The verdict

“cahier” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,952
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble de feuilles de papier assemblées par agrafage ou couture et destinées à l’écriture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cahier · cahier · French

cahier · rank #5,952 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,952
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH bornes

Nearest frequency peer: bornes (-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 « cahier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cahier » 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).

cahier vs cher
67% similar
cahier vs chie
67% similar
cahier vs chien
67% similar

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

Key facts for cahier
PropertyValue
Headwordcahier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.je\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,952
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cahier »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « bornes » (#5,951), « calculer » (#5,953), « auguste » (#5,950). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cahier » est au #5,952. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cahier (IPA \ka.je\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,952 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cahier, with forms such as "achier", "caheir", and "cahhier". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cher", "chie", "chien", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cahier, spelled C-A-H-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble de feuilles de papier assemblées par agrafage ou couture et destinées à l’écriture.
  2. 2
    Feuilles d’un livre pliées selon le format définitif et destinées à être assemblées dans la reliure.
  3. 3
    Mémoire adressé au souverain par un des corps de l’État.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cahier de papier réglé.
  2. Cahier de musique.

This word in other languages

notebook(English)cuaderno(Español)Heft(Deutsch)caderno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • achier
  • caheir
  • cahhier
  • cahierr
  • cahire
  • caiher
  • ccahier
  • chaier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

achier2caheir2cahhier1cahierr1cahire2caiher2ccahier1chaier2
Edit distance from "cahier"

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 "cahier"?
"cahier" is spelled C-A-H-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.je\.
What does "cahier" mean?
As a noun, "cahier" means: Ensemble de feuilles de papier assemblées par agrafage ou couture et destinées à l’écriture.
What words are commonly confused with "cahier"?
"cahier" is commonly confused with "cher", "chie", "chien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cahier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cahier" is \ka.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cahier" come from?
"cahier" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bornes#5,951amiral#5,946croisé#5,962cuivre#5,963

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

dessert8 variantsusages8 variantsdéfis8 variantseffacer8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list