Cadarache

\ka.da.ʁaʃ\

/\ka.da.ʁaʃ\/ name

The verdict

“Cadarache” is uncommon French (frequency #91,484 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,484
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Localité du département des Bouches-du-Rhône (France) rattachée à la commune de Saint-Paul-lès-Durance.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cadarache · Cadarache · French

Cadarache · rank #91,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,484
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabrer

Nearest frequency peer: cabrer (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Cadarache »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Cadarache » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Cadarache
PropertyValue
HeadwordCadarache
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ka.da.ʁaʃ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#91,484
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Cadarache » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Cadarachetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cabrer » (#91,483), « cadière » (#91,486), « bétonnière » (#91,481). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Cadarache » est au #91,484. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Cadarache is uncommon French at frequency #91,484 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ka.da.ʁaʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Localité du département des Bouches-du-Rhône (France) rattachée à la commune de Saint-Paul-lès-Durance.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Cadarache in our index, 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Cadarache, spelled C-A-D-A-R-A-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Localité du département des Bouches-du-Rhône (France) rattachée à la commune de Saint-Paul-lès-Durance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Cadarache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La municipalité de Manosque (je cite cette ville parce que c’est la plus importante de la région), le Conseil général des Basses-Alpes et les élus du département ont accepté bêtement (je tiens au mot), et même avec un enthousiasme de naïveté primaire et de politique de comice agricole, la création du Centre nucléaire de Cadarache.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Cadarache"?
"Cadarache" is spelled C-A-D-A-R-A-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.da.ʁaʃ\.
What does "Cadarache" mean?
As a proper noun, "Cadarache" means: Localité du département des Bouches-du-Rhône (France) rattachée à la commune de Saint-Paul-lès-Durance.
How do you pronounce "Cadarache"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Cadarache" is \ka.da.ʁaʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cadarache", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list