caverne

\ka.vɛʁn\

/\ka.vɛʁn\/ noun

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The verdict

“caverne” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,566
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cavité naturelle dans des rochers, dans des montagnes, sous terre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-caverne · caverne · French

caverne · rank #16,566 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,566
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH catch

Nearest frequency peer: catch (-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 « caverne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « caverne » 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).

caverne vs cerne
71% similar
caverne vs Cayenne
57% similar
caverne vs citerne
71% similar

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

Key facts for caverne
PropertyValue
Headwordcaverne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.vɛʁn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,566
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « caverne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cavernese 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 « catch » (#16,565), « CFDT » (#16,567), « Charentes » (#16,568). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « caverne » est au #16,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around caverne (IPA \ka.vɛʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,566 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for caverne, with forms such as "acverne", "caevrne", and "cavenre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "cerne", "Cayenne", "citerne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is caverne, spelled C-A-V-E-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cavité naturelle dans des rochers, dans des montagnes, sous terre.
  2. 2
    Maison mal fréquentée où l’on court des risques pour son argent ou pour sa personne.
  3. 3
    Excavation produite dans le poumon à la suite de l’évacuation d’un abcès, d’un tubercule ramolli, d’une escarre de gangrène, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le rayon de soleil qui traversait la caverne de part en part lui fournirait, au-delà de la porte, un supplément de lumière pour quelques dizaines de mètres au moins.
  2. […] : trois mille ans plus tôt, le préhistorien nous a fait assister à la formation du fossé du Pas-de-Calais ; il nous a fait visiter la caverne de Lascaux, ce Louvre de l’Âge de pierre remontant à vingt mille ans ; […].

Synonyms

antrecreûtegrotte

This word in other languages

cavern(English)caverna(Español)Höhle(Deutsch)caverna(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acverne
  • caevrne
  • cavenre
  • caveren
  • cavernne
  • caverrne
  • cavrene
  • cavverne
  • ccaverne
  • cvaerne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of caverne - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

acverne2caevrne2cavenre2caveren2cavernne1caverrne1cavrene2cavverne1
Edit distance from "caverne"

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

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

Same letter count

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

bruyant#16,561choquée#16,572bougent#16,559Coderre#16,573

Similar misspelling depth

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

colombe10 variantsAveyron10 variantsapparent10 variantsdevance10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list