cailloutis
\ka.ju.ti\
The verdict
“cailloutis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gros cailloux concassés qui servent à entretenir un chemin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cailloutis · cailloutis · French
cailloutis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | cailloutis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.ju.ti\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cailloutis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.ju.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cailloutis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 cailloutis, spelled C-A-I-L-L-O-U-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Gros cailloux concassés qui servent à entretenir un chemin.
- 2Cailloux ; grève.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cailloutis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les routes devraient être faites par les ouvriers du pays,[…] Parce que les paysans connaissent les endroits d’où l’on peut tirer le meilleur cailloutis ; […].
Certaines espèces (Rorippa, Polygonum aviculare, Setaria glauca, Corrigiola) peuvent être considérées comme les pionniers de la conquête des bancs de cailloutis ; les trois dernières surtout, dont les tiges tapies au sol consolident les graviers, […].
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.