caisson

/\kɛ.sɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,889

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

caisson is aFrenchnoun. It means: Grande caisse sur un train à deux ou quatre roues qui servait ordinairement pour porter des vivres et des munitions à l’armée. Pronounced \kɛ.sɔ̃\. Often confused with Carson and cassos.

Key facts for caisson
PropertyValue
Headwordcaisson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɛ.sɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,889
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for caisson is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɛ.sɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #24,889 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for caisson, with forms such as "acisson", "caison", and "caisosn". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Carson", "cassos", "cassin", 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 caisson, spelled C-A-I-S-S-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande caisse sur un train à deux ou quatre roues qui servait ordinairement pour porter des vivres et des munitions à l’armée.
  2. 2
    Coffre à l’arrière du navire.
  3. 3
    Coffre ménagé sous le siège ou à l’arrière d’une voiture.
  4. 4
    Coffre en charpente dont on se sert pour établir des fondations dans l’eau.
  5. 5
    Compartiment, renfoncement orné de moulures dont on décore les plafonds et les voûtes.
  6. 6
    Échantillon zonal d’une teinte et/ou d’un poncif, inséré dans la légende pour en indiquer la signification.
  7. 7
    Caisson de basse, lors des free parties.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acisson,caison,caisosn,caissno,caissonn,casison,ccaisson,ciasson

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for caisson

Misspelling Variants of "caisson"

acisson7caison6caisosn7caissno7caissonn8casison7ccaisson8ciasson7
Misspelling Variants of "caisson"

Frequency rank: #24,889 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caisson"?
"caisson" is spelled C-A-I-S-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɛ.sɔ̃\.
What does "caisson" mean?
As a noun, "caisson" means: Grande caisse sur un train à deux ou quatre roues qui servait ordinairement pour porter des vivres et des munitions à l’armée.
What words are commonly confused with "caisson"?
"caisson" is commonly confused with "Carson", "cassos", "cassin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caisson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caisson" is \kɛ.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caisson" come from?
"caisson" 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.