caquetage
\kak.taʒ\
The verdict
“caquetage” 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) - Bruit que font les poules en caquetant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caquetage · caquetage · French
caquetage · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | caquetage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kak.taʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caquetage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caquetage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kak.taʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caquetage, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is caquetage, spelled C-A-Q-U-E-T-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Bruit que font les poules en caquetant.
- 2Bruit que font des femmes parlant sans arrêt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caquetage appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ainsi, pour toujours, Tao sera-t-il cet homme maigre qui scie du bois dans une cour où l'on entend l'aigre caquetage des poules qui semble être la plainte de la terre craquelée par la chaleur.
Une autre arriva, puis une troisième, une quatrième ; alors, ce fut un caquetage assourdissant ; toutes parlant en même temps, chacune racontait sa journée.
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.