Caïn
\ka.ɛ̃\
The verdict
“Caïn” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,923. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,923
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Premier fils d’Adam et Ève dans la Bible, connu pour avoir tué son frère cadet Abel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cain · Caïn · French
Caïn · rank #34,923 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #34,923
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cartonne
Nearest frequency peer: cartonne (-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 « Caïn »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cantonné
cantonné
65,082 corpus weight
- cargos
cargos
65,081 corpus weight
- cartonne
cartonne
65,079 corpus weight
- Caïn
Caïn
65,078 corpus weight
- certifie
certifie
65,076 corpus weight
- chalumeau
chalumeau
65,075 corpus weight
What this shows « Caïn » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caïn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.ɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #34,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Caïn »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Caïn (IPA \ka.ɛ̃\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,923 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Premier fils d’Adam et Ève dans la Bible, connu pour avoir tué son frère cadet Abel.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Caïn, with forms such as "acïn", "canï", and "caïnn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ci", "CN", "cas", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Caïn, spelled C-A-Ï-N.
Definition
- 1Premier fils d’Adam et Ève dans la Bible, connu pour avoir tué son frère cadet Abel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Caïn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adam connut Ève, sa femme ; elle conçut, et enfanta Caïn et elle dit : J’ai formé un homme avec l’aide de l’Éternel.
Lorsque avec ses enfants vêtus de peaux de bêtes, Échevelé, livide au milieu des tempêtes, Caïn se fut enfui de devant Jéhovah, Comme le soir tombait, l’homme sombre arriva Au bas d’une montagne en une grande plaine ; Sa femme fatiguée et ses fils hors d’haleine Lui dirent : « Couchons-nous sur la terre, et dormons. » Caïn, ne dormant pas, songeait au pie…
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acïn
- canï
- caïnn
- ccaïn
- cïan
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Caïn - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).