cambuse
\kɑ̃.byz\
The verdict
“cambuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Endroit du bateau où sont conservés les vivres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cambuse · cambuse · French
cambuse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | cambuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.byz\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cambuse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cambuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ̃.byz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for cambuse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cambuse, spelled C-A-M-B-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Endroit du bateau où sont conservés les vivres.
- 2Logis pauvre et mal tenu, mauvaise auberge.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cambuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A r’bondi dans la cambuse, A crevé le bâtiment !
– Un de mes petits frères travaille à la cambuse ! dit-il la bouche pleine.
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.