caserne

\ka.zɛʁn\

/\ka.zɛʁn\/ noun

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The verdict

“caserne” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,923. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,923
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bâtiment destiné au logement des troupes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caserne · caserne · French

caserne · rank #11,923 · 10 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,923
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cailloux

Nearest frequency peer: cailloux (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « caserne »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « caserne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

caserne vs cerne
71% similar
caserne vs caverne
86% similar
caserne vs Cayenne
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for caserne
PropertyValue
Headwordcaserne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.zɛʁn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#11,923
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caserne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).casernese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cailloux » (#11,922), « catastrophes » (#11,924), « bénéficiaire » (#11,921). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caserne » est au #11,923. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around caserne (IPA \ka.zɛʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,923 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for caserne, with forms such as "acserne", "caesrne", and "casenre". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cerne", "caverne", "Cayenne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is caserne, spelled C-A-S-E-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bâtiment destiné au logement des troupes.
  2. 2
    Service militaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un escadron de dragons, sortant sur ces entrefaites de la caserne du quai d'Orsay, s'avance au grand trot, le sabre à la main, sur la foule.
  2. Le bail de la caserne de gendarmerie de Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem expire le 31 décembre 1880, celui de Mûr le 30 avril 1881, et ceux de Bégard et Quintin le 30 septembre 1881.

Synonyms

baraquecantonnementdépôtquartierposte

This word in other languages

barracks(English)cuartel(Español)Kaserne(Deutsch)quartel(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acserne
  • caesrne
  • casenre
  • caseren
  • casernne
  • caserrne
  • casrene
  • casserne
  • ccaserne
  • csaerne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caserne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acserne2caesrne2casenre2caseren2casernne1caserrne1casrene2casserne1
Edit distance from "caserne"

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 "caserne"?
"caserne" is spelled C-A-S-E-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.zɛʁn\.
What does "caserne" mean?
As a noun, "caserne" means: Bâtiment destiné au logement des troupes.
What words are commonly confused with "caserne"?
"caserne" is commonly confused with "cerne", "caverne", "Cayenne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "caserne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "caserne" is \ka.zɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "caserne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list