cavernes

\ka.vɛʁn\

/\ka.vɛʁn\/ noun

The verdict

“cavernes” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,563. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,563
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cavernes · cavernes · French

cavernes · rank #21,563 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,563
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cassez

Nearest frequency peer: cassez (-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 « cavernes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cavernes » 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).

cavernes vs cernes
75% similar
cavernes vs Cévennes
63% similar
cavernes vs citernes
75% similar

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

Key facts for cavernes
PropertyValue
Headwordcavernes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.vɛʁn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,563
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cavernes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cavernesse 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 « cassez » (#21,562), « CEA » (#21,564), « carences » (#21,561). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cavernes » est au #21,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cavernes (IPA \ka.vɛʁn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,563 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de caverne.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cavernes, with forms such as "acvernes", "caevrnes", and "cavenres". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "cernes", "Cévennes", "citernes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cavernes, spelled C-A-V-E-R-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de caverne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ce ne sont que des rochers à pic contre lesquels la mer se brise avec fureur : les vents et les vagues les ont façonnés en pyramides, en tours, en cavernes, en arcades; d’innombrables oiseaux de mer animent le paysage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acvernes
  • caevrnes
  • cavenres
  • caverens
  • caverness
  • cavernnes
  • cavernse
  • caverrnes
  • cavrenes
  • cavvernes
  • ccavernes
  • cvaernes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

acvernes2caevrnes2cavenres2caverens2caverness1cavernnes1cavernse2caverrnes1
Edit distance from "cavernes"

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 "cavernes"?
"cavernes" is spelled C-A-V-E-R-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.vɛʁn\.
What does "cavernes" mean?
As a noun, "cavernes" means: Pluriel de caverne.
What words are commonly confused with "cavernes"?
"cavernes" is commonly confused with "cernes", "Cévennes", "citernes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cavernes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cavernes" is \ka.vɛʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cavernes" come from?
"cavernes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list