caviste
\ka.vist\
The verdict
“caviste” is uncommon French (frequency #56,473 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,473
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui est chargé de l’administration de la cave, dans les grands restaurants.
Corpus desk
Index FR-caviste · caviste · French
caviste · rank #56,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,473
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cataloguer
Nearest frequency peer: cataloguer (-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 « caviste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- capita
capita
43,532 corpus weight
- catalog
catalog
43,530 corpus weight
- cataloguer
cataloguer
43,529 corpus weight
- caviste
caviste
43,528 corpus weight
- ceps
ceps
43,526 corpus weight
- cesserait
cesserait
43,525 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « caviste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caviste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.vist\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « caviste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
caviste is uncommon French at frequency #56,473 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.vist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for caviste, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is caviste, spelled C-A-V-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Celui qui est chargé de l’administration de la cave, dans les grands restaurants.
- 2Gérant d'un entrepôt de vins ; détaillant de bouteilles de vin.
- 3Personne aimant, et ayant l'habitude de faire des cunnilingus. → voir descendre à la cave.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how caviste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une fille très jolie, accorte et fine, Line, dirigeait admirablement ce relais galant et tenait lieu de dépensière, d’économe, de caviste et de cuisinière.
Savez-vous, jeune homme, qu’il fut un temps où caviste, sommelier et échanson correspondaient à trois professions bien distinctes, alors qu’aujourd’hui, les traditions se perdent, conserver, préparer et servir le vin, c’est tout un…
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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