Cantabrie
\kɑ̃.ta.bʁi\
The verdict
“Cantabrie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Province et communauté autonome d’Espagne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cantabrie · Cantabrie · French
Cantabrie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Cantabrie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɑ̃.ta.bʁi\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cantabrie” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cantabrie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɑ̃.ta.bʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Province et communauté autonome d’Espagne.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Cantabrie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Cantabrie, spelled C-A-N-T-A-B-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1Province et communauté autonome d’Espagne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cantabrie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Découvrez les régions de la Galicie, des Asturies, de la Cantabrie et de la Castille-et-Léon qui sont très différentes du reste de l’Espagne de par leur nature, leurs traditions et leur train de vie.
Les plans de protection développés dès les années 1990 entre la Cantabrie, les Asturies, la Galice et la Castille-et-Léon ont porté leurs fruits, au point que, selon les experts, le territoire des ours est aujourd’hui deux fois plus grand que la zone délimitée dans les plans de peuplement.
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