cajun
\ka.ʒœ̃\
The verdict
“cajun” is uncommon French (frequency #55,796 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,796
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif aux francophones de Louisiane, comprenant entre autres les descendants des Acadiens d’Acadie, et à leur culture.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cajun · cajun · French
cajun · rank #55,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,796
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cachera
Nearest frequency peer: cachera (-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 « cajun »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- brûleur
brûleur
44,208 corpus weight
- Buzyn
Buzyn
44,207 corpus weight
- cachera
cachera
44,206 corpus weight
- cajun
cajun
44,205 corpus weight
- Cambrésis
Cambrésis
44,204 corpus weight
- cano
cano
44,203 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cajun » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cajun |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ka.ʒœ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cajun » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cajun is uncommon French at frequency #55,796 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ka.ʒœ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif aux francophones de Louisiane, comprenant entre autres les descendants des Acadiens d’Acadie, et à leur culture.".
cajun doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cajun, spelled C-A-J-U-N.
Definition
- 1Relatif aux francophones de Louisiane, comprenant entre autres les descendants des Acadiens d’Acadie, et à leur culture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cajun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ici, on « laisse le bon temps rouler », dit l’adage cajun. Une philosophie héritée des Acadiens, ancêtres des Cajuns, des Français bannis du Canada qui vinrent s’exiler dans le delta du Mississippi au XVIIIᵉ siècle.
Partout en Louisiane, le mot « cajun », qui est en fait une déformation de « cadien » prononcé à l’américaine, demeure utilisé. Les Ragin’ Cajuns forment l’équipe omnisports de l’Université de Louisiane, et la sauce cajun promet de mettre un peu d’épices typiquement louisianaises dans votre gombo.
This word in other languages
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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