caquenlit
\ka.kɑ̃.li\
The verdict
“caquenlit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom donné à la mercuriale annuelle (Mercurialis annua) en Picardie, dans le Nord, en Artois et en Franche-Comté.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caquenlit · caquenlit · French
caquenlit · 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 | caquenlit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.kɑ̃.li\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caquenlit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caquenlit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.kɑ̃.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom donné à la mercuriale annuelle (Mercurialis annua) en Picardie, dans le Nord, en Artois et en Franche-Comté.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caquenlit, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is caquenlit, spelled C-A-Q-U-E-N-L-I-T.
Definition
- 1Nom donné à la mercuriale annuelle (Mercurialis annua) en Picardie, dans le Nord, en Artois et en Franche-Comté.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caquenlit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La plante entière et ses graines sont purgatives (on l'appelle parfois le Caquenlit) et un peu dangereuses. Ne pas la porter à la bouche.
Longue vie (sirop de) — Se prépare avec la mercuriale annuelle, appelée encore : caquenlit, chou de chien, foiraude, foirole, ortie bâtarde.
Synonyms
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.