cavité buccale

\ka.vi.te by.kal\

/\ka.vi.te by.kal\/ noun

The verdict

“cavité buccale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - La cavité de la bouche, séparée des deux fosses nasales par le palais, et suivie du pharynx, sert à ingérer les aliments et les boissons, les mastiquer et imprégner de salive, puis ceux-ci descende...

Key facts for cavité buccale
PropertyValue
Headwordcavité buccale
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.vi.te by.kal\
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cavité buccale” sits in French frequency

cavité buccale falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cavité buccale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.vi.te by.kal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "La cavité de la bouche, séparée des deux fosses nasales par le palais, et suivie du pharynx, sert à ingérer les aliments et les boissons, les mastiquer et imprégner de salive, puis ceux-ci descende...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cavité buccale, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cavité buccale, spelled C-A-V-I-T-É- -B-U-C-C-A-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    La cavité de la bouche, séparée des deux fosses nasales par le palais, et suivie du pharynx, sert à ingérer les aliments et les boissons, les mastiquer et imprégner de salive, puis ceux-ci descendent par l'œsophage à l'estomac.

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cavité buccale"?
"cavité buccale" is spelled C-A-V-I-T-É- -B-U-C-C-A-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.vi.te by.kal\.
What does "cavité buccale" mean?
As a noun, "cavité buccale" means: La cavité de la bouche, séparée des deux fosses nasales par le palais, et suivie du pharynx, sert à ingérer les aliments et les boissons, les mastiquer et imprégner de salive, puis ceux-ci descende...
How do you pronounce "cavité buccale"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cavité buccale" is \ka.vi.te by.kal\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cavité buccale" come from?
"cavité buccale" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “cavité buccale”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-A-V-I-T-É- -B-U-C-C-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ka.vi.te by.kal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list