cadastre

Name: cadastre, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ka.dastʁ\

/\ka.dastʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cadastre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,791
frequency rank, French: 8,609
“C” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Registre dans lequel la quantité et la valeur des biens-fonds sont marqués en détail pour servir de base à l’assiette de l’impôt foncier ou pour en établir la propriété.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cadastre · cadastre · French

cadastre · rank #23,791 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #23,791
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,609
PHOTO-FINISH cachets

Nearest frequency peer: cachets (-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.

bâties

76,213
bénisse

76,212
cachets

76,211
cadastre

76,210
cagoule

76,209
cambriolages

76,208

What this shows « cadastre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cadastre vs cadavre

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cadastre
Property	Value
Headword	cadastre
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ka.dastʁ\
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#23,791
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cadastre »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cadastrese place ici:

#23,791

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cachets » (#23,790), « cagoule » (#23,792), « bénisse » (#23,789). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cadastre » est au #23,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cadastre (IPA \ka.dastʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,791 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadastre, with forms such as "acdastre", "caadstre", and "cadasrte". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "cadavre", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cadastre, spelled C-A-D-A-S-T-R-E.

Definition

1
Registre dans lequel la quantité et la valeur des biens-fonds sont marqués en détail pour servir de base à l’assiette de l’impôt foncier ou pour en établir la propriété.
2
Opération qui consiste à déterminer l’étendue et la valeur des biens-fonds.
3
Identification des parcelles de la propriété foncière par la description de leurs limites et/ou leur représentation cartographique.
4
Ensemble des plans et documents associés définissant la propriété foncière d'une unité du découpage administratif du pays.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Toutes ces positions sont indiquées que le plan géométral dressé par l’ingénieur du cadastre et joint aux pièces.
En comparant ce tableau avec celui fourni par le cadastre de 1810 que nous donnons ci-dessous, on est frappé des immenses changements survenus dans l’état de la culture du terroir de Laon depuis moins d’un demi-siècle.

Synonyms

polyptyque pouillélivre terrierpapier censiercartulaire

This word in other languages

cadastre(English)catastro(Español)Kataster(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

acdastre
caadstre
cadasrte
cadasstre
cadaster
cadastrre
cadasttre
cadatsre
caddastre
cadsatre
ccadastre
cdaastre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadastre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "cadastre"

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 "cadastre"?

"cadastre" is spelled C-A-D-A-S-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.dastʁ\.

What does "cadastre" mean?

As a noun, "cadastre" means: Registre dans lequel la quantité et la valeur des biens-fonds sont marqués en détail pour servir de base à l’assiette de l’impôt foncier ou pour en établir la propriété.

What words are commonly confused with "cadastre"?

"cadastre" is commonly confused with "cadavre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "cadastre"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadastre" is \ka.dastʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cadastre" come from?

"cadastre" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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