Caius
\ˈkeɪ.əs\
The verdict
“Caius” is uncommon French (frequency #58,470 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,470
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caius · Caius · French
Caius · rank #58,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,470
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cadettes
Nearest frequency peer: cadettes (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Caius »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- brokers
brokers
41,534 corpus weight
- Béninoise
Béninoise
41,533 corpus weight
- cadettes
cadettes
41,532 corpus weight
- Caius
Caius
41,531 corpus weight
- caliente
caliente
41,530 corpus weight
- califes
califes
41,529 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Caius » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caius |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈkeɪ.əs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Caius » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Caius is uncommon French at frequency #58,470 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈkeɪ.əs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".
Caius doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Caius, spelled C-A-I-U-S.
Definition
- 1Prénom masculin.
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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