cazelle
\ka.zɛl\
The verdict
“cazelle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cabanes de pierres sèches qui servaient au vigneron, au pâtre ou au berger à se protéger des intempéries.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cazelle · cazelle · French
cazelle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cazelle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.zɛl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cazelle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cazelle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ka.zɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cabanes de pierres sèches qui servaient au vigneron, au pâtre ou au berger à se protéger des intempéries.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cazelle, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cazelle, spelled C-A-Z-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Cabanes de pierres sèches qui servaient au vigneron, au pâtre ou au berger à se protéger des intempéries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cazelle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ailleurs, elles portent le nom de […] « cazelles » (Quercy)…
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