rabattre le caquet
\ʁa.batʁ lə ka.kɛ\
The verdict
“rabattre le caquet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire taire, clouer le bec.
Corpus desk
Index FR-rabattre-le-caquet · rabattre le caquet · French
rabattre le caquet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rabattre le caquet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁa.batʁ lə ka.kɛ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
rabattre le caquet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁa.batʁ lə ka.kɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Faire taire, clouer le bec.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rabattre le caquet, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is rabattre le caquet, spelled R-A-B-A-T-T-R-E- -L-E- -C-A-Q-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1Faire taire, clouer le bec.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rabattre le caquet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De là, j'allai chez M. Leclerc, dont la froideur rabattit un peu mon caquet.
Il vous raconte sa vie, et son « tous les jours » a de quoi faire rêver un Blanc. Mieux, il vous raconte comment se sont comportés les hommes blancs rencontrés avant vous, et si vous avez un orgueil mal placé de votre race, cela vous rabat joliment le caquet.
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.