caouin
The verdict
“caouin” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chat-huant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caouin · caouin · French
caouin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | caouin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caouin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caouin is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chat-huant.".
caouin has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is caouin, spelled C-A-O-U-I-N.
Definition
- 1Chat-huant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how caouin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un chat-huant vient quelquefois pousser son cri sinistre sous nos fenêtres, surtout en automne, à la chute du jour. Dans l’Oise, me dit quelqu’un, on appelle cet oiseau caouin, d’un nom qui imite assez bien le bruit qu’il fait. Il crie trois fois et se tait.
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.