# cadre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɑː.də/ · frequency rank #27,394

## Definitions
1. A frame or framework.
2. The framework or skeleton upon which a new regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
3. The core of a managing group, or a member of such a group.
4. A small group of people specially trained for a particular purpose or profession.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French cadre, from Italian quadro (“framed painting, square”), from Latin quadrum, from quattuor (“four”).

## Easily confused with
- **car** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-car)
- **CDR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cdr)
- **care** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-care)
- **case** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-case)
- **came** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-came)
- **code** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-code)
- **card** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-card)
- **cars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cars)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-core)
- **cake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cake)
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cure)
- **cape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cape)
- **carl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-carl)
- **cave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cave)
- **cage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cage)
- **cart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cart)
- **cane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cane)
- **café** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cafe)
- **carr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-carr)
- **Cara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cadre-vs-cara)

## Common misspellings (6)
`acdre`, `caddre`, `cader`, `cadrre`, `ccadre`, `cdare`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cadre