Caucasien
\ko.ka.zjɛ̃\
The verdict
“Caucasien” is uncommon French (frequency #53,845 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,845
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Homme originaire d’Europe, d’Afrique du Nord ou d’Asie de l’Ouest
Corpus desk
Index FR-caucasien · Caucasien · French
Caucasien · rank #53,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,845
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Catalunya
Nearest frequency peer: Catalunya (-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 « Caucasien »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cartésienne
cartésienne
46,159 corpus weight
- castrer
castrer
46,158 corpus weight
- Catalunya
Catalunya
46,157 corpus weight
- Caucasien
Caucasien
46,156 corpus weight
- causal
causal
46,155 corpus weight
- chamane
chamane
46,153 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Caucasien » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Caucasien |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ko.ka.zjɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Caucasien » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Caucasien is uncommon French at frequency #53,845 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ko.ka.zjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Caucasien in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Caucasien, spelled C-A-U-C-A-S-I-E-N.
Definition
- 1Homme originaire d’Europe, d’Afrique du Nord ou d’Asie de l’Ouest
- 2Homme natif de la région du Caucase.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Caucasien appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On lui laissait à peine le temps de chanter entre un numéro de Caucasiens lanceurs de poignards et un fantaisiste imitant les sifflements de tous les oiseaux.
Synonyms
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); 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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