Cavaignac

\ka.vɛ.ɲak\

/\ka.vɛ.ɲak\/ name

The verdict

“Cavaignac” is uncommon French (frequency #68,892 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,892
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de Cavagnac.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cavaignac · Cavaignac · French

Cavaignac · rank #68,892 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,892
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cassiopée

Nearest frequency peer: Cassiopée (-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 « Cavaignac »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cavaignac » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cavaignac
PropertyValue
HeadwordCavaignac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.vɛ.ɲak\
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,892
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cavaignac » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Cavaignactombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Cassiopée » (#68,891), « cartographe » (#68,890), « carrosses » (#68,889). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cavaignac » est au #68,892. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cavaignac is uncommon French at frequency #68,892 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.vɛ.ɲak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de Cavagnac.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Cavaignac, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Cavaignac, spelled C-A-V-A-I-G-N-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante de Cavagnac.

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 "Cavaignac"?
"Cavaignac" is spelled C-A-V-A-I-G-N-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.vɛ.ɲak\.
What does "Cavaignac" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cavaignac" means: Variante de Cavagnac.
How do you pronounce "Cavaignac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cavaignac" is \ka.vɛ.ɲak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Cavaignac" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list