caquet

\ka.kɛ\

/\ka.kɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“caquet” is uncommon French (frequency #80,024 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,024
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gloussement de la poule.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caquet · caquet · French

caquet · rank #80,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,024
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH capu

Nearest frequency peer: capu (-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 « caquet »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caquet » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for caquet
PropertyValue
Headwordcaquet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.kɛ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,024
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « caquet » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).caquettombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « capu » (#80,023), « carbonées » (#80,025), « capitation » (#80,022). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caquet » est au #80,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

caquet is uncommon French at frequency #80,024 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

caquet has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is caquet, spelled C-A-Q-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gloussement de la poule.
  2. 2
    Gloussement de la poule.
  3. 3
    Babil indiscret.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how caquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Au caquet des poules, au crottin des percherons succèdent les ronflements des moteurs, les irisations, sur les pavés, de l'huile minérale.
  2. Dans une allée perpendiculaire à la première on entendait le caquet de mille oiseaux des îles.

This word in other languages

cackle(English)Gegacker(Deutsch)cacarejo(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "caquet"?
"caquet" is spelled C-A-Q-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.kɛ\.
What does "caquet" mean?
As a noun, "caquet" means: Gloussement de la poule.
How do you pronounce "caquet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caquet" is \ka.kɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "caquet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bébert#80,014Buñuel#80,012choyée#80,040Cilaos#80,043

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list