caqueter
\ka.kə.te\
The verdict
“caqueter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Glousser avant de pondre, en parlant de la poule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caqueter · caqueter · French
caqueter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | caqueter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ka.kə.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caqueter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caqueter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ka.kə.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
caqueter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is caqueter, spelled C-A-Q-U-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Glousser avant de pondre, en parlant de la poule.
- 2Babiller.
- 3Dire et médire de cette façon.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caqueter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En même temps, les moutons bêlent, les chevaux hennissent, les vaches beuglent, les pigeons roucoulent, les porcs grouinent, et les poules suivies des coqs s’envolent en caquetant.
Mais si vite qu’il eût fait, les poules qui picoraient non loin de là l’aperçurent et s’enfuirent vers la ferme en caquetant, pour alerter le coq qui se rôtissait au soleil sur le tas de fumier.
This word in other languages
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.