Cavaignac
\ka.vɛ.ɲak\
The verdict
“Cavaignac” is uncommon French (frequency #68,892 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,892
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de Cavagnac.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cavaignac |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ka.vɛ.ɲak\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Cavaignac” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Cavaignac is uncommon French at frequency #68,892 among 257,141 “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
- 1Variante 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.
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Using “Cavaignac”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-V-A-I-G-N-A-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.