caravan
\ˈkæɹ.ə.væn\
The verdict
“caravan” is uncommon French (frequency #64,302 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,302
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caravane, troupe de marchands, de voyageurs ou de pèlerins.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caravan · caravan · French
caravan · rank #64,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,302
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Caraquet
Nearest frequency peer: Caraquet (-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 « caravan »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- camouflet
camouflet
35,702 corpus weight
- canalise
canalise
35,701 corpus weight
- Caraquet
Caraquet
35,700 corpus weight
- caravan
caravan
35,699 corpus weight
- carcans
carcans
35,698 corpus weight
- causale
causale
35,696 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caravan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caravan |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈkæɹ.ə.væn\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caravan » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caravan is uncommon French at frequency #64,302 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkæɹ.ə.væn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caravan, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is caravan, spelled C-A-R-A-V-A-N.
Definition
- 1Caravane, troupe de marchands, de voyageurs ou de pèlerins.
- 2Caravane, roulotte.
Synonyms
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).