cadastre
/kəˈdæstəɹ/
"cadastre" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cadastre” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cadastre · cadastre · English
cadastre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | cadastre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kəˈdæstəɹ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “cadastre” in English
Rare enough to double-check
cadastre is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kəˈdæstəɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cadastre, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French cadastre. The correct English form is cadastre, spelled C-A-D-A-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.
- 2A register of such surveys, showing details of ownership and value.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cadastre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As page 1 of the accompanying text helpfully explains, "ichnographic plans are particularly well suited for cadastres" but reveal nothing of the ups and downs and tops of things.
The only parts of Greece that have had a land registry and cadastre are the Dodecanese Islands, because they were occupied by the Italians from 1912 to the end of World War II. Land use on the islands, which include Rhodes and Kos, is still guided by Italian law.
Etymology
Borrowed from French cadastre.
This word in other languages
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.