caille

\kɑj\

/\kɑj\/ noun

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The verdict

“caille” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,126
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom vernaculaire normalisé donné à trois genres de petits gallinacés migrateurs de l’Ancien Monde comprenant un total de neuf espèces à plumage grivelé, exhibant souvent un patron très voyant de tr...

Corpus desk

Index FR-caille · caille · French

caille · rank #23,126 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,126
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabriolet

Nearest frequency peer: cabriolet (-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 « caille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « caille » 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).

caille vs call
67% similar
caille vs cale
67% similar
caille vs celle
67% similar

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

Key facts for caille
PropertyValue
Headwordcaille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɑj\
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,126
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caille »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).caillese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cabriolet » (#23,125), « calculatrice » (#23,127), « burgers » (#23,124). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caille » est au #23,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around caille (IPA \kɑj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,126 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for caille, with forms such as "acille", "caile", and "cailel". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "call", "cale", "celle", 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is caille, spelled C-A-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom vernaculaire normalisé donné à trois genres de petits gallinacés migrateurs de l’Ancien Monde comprenant un total de neuf espèces à plumage grivelé, exhibant souvent un patron très voyant de traits faciaux foncés et pâles en alternance, souvent chassées comme gibier, et dont la chair est réputée pour son fumet délicat.
  2. 2
    (au sens restreint) Synonyme de caille des blés (Coturnix coturnix).
  3. 3
    Fille, femme.
  4. 4
    Argent, fric, thune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On donne le nom international français de "caille" à trois genres différents, soit le genre-type Coturnix — auquel est rattachée la caille des blés bien connue — ainsi que ceux de Anurophasis et Excalfactoria, dont la biologie est par ailleurs moins bien connue de façon générale.
  2. L’on a aussi la bizarre passion des cailles que l’on garde dans des paniers d’osier à claire-voie, et qui varient agréablement par leur sempiternel piou-piou-piou le cri-cri des grillons. Comme dit Bilboquet, ceux qui aiment cette note-là doivent être contents.

This word in other languages

quail(English)codorniz(Español)Wachtel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acille
  • caile
  • cailel
  • calile
  • ccaille
  • cialle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caille - 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.

acille2caile1cailel2calile2ccaille1cialle2
Edit distance from "caille"

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 "caille"?
"caille" is spelled C-A-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɑj\.
What does "caille" mean?
As a noun, "caille" means: Nom vernaculaire normalisé donné à trois genres de petits gallinacés migrateurs de l’Ancien Monde comprenant un total de neuf espèces à plumage grivelé, exhibant souvent un patron très voyant de tr...
What words are commonly confused with "caille"?
"caille" is commonly confused with "call", "cale", "celle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caille" is \kɑj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caille" come from?
"caille" 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 "caille", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

brunch#23,123Carson#23,131chabot#23,134common#23,141

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Blum6 variantscold6 variantsalliez6 variantscroie6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list