cadavre

\ka.dɑvʁ\

/\ka.dɑvʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cadavre” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,665. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,665
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Corps mort ; en parlant d’une personne et des gros animaux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cadavre · cadavre · French

cadavre · rank #7,665 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,665
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH blesser

Nearest frequency peer: blesser (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cadavre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

cadavre vs cadre
71% similar
cadavre vs Calabre
57% similar
cadavre vs cadavres
88% similar

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

Key facts for cadavre
PropertyValue
Headwordcadavre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ka.dɑvʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,665
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cadavre »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « blesser » (#7,664), « caractérise » (#7,666), « Batman » (#7,663). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cadavre » est au #7,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cadavre (IPA \ka.dɑvʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,665 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadavre, with forms such as "acdavre", "caadvre", and "cadarve". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "cadre", "Calabre", "cadavres", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cadavre, spelled C-A-D-A-V-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Corps mort ; en parlant d’une personne et des gros animaux.
  2. 2
    Corps mort d’une plante ou autre objet inanimé.
  3. 3
    Personne dont l’apparence, notamment maladive, ressemble à celle d’un cadavre.
  4. 4
    Bouteille vide.
  5. 5
    Cigarette mal roulée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Si tu veux partir, je me coucherai en travers de ton chemin et je mourrai. Et alors, tu devras passer sur le cadavre de ta Yasmina.
  2. – Nom d’un chien ! – marmonna-t-il. – Je n’ai aucune sympathie pour les cadavres… J’aimerais mieux, ma foi, que l’individu fût vivant.

Synonyms

charognecorpsmacchabéemaccabmortdépouilleDelta Charlie Delta

This word in other languages

corpse(English)cadáver(Español)Aas(Deutsch)cadáver(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acdavre
  • caadvre
  • cadarve
  • cadaver
  • cadavrre
  • cadavvre
  • caddavre
  • cadvare
  • ccadavre
  • cdaavre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadavre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

acdavre2caadvre2cadarve2cadaver2cadavrre1cadavvre1caddavre1cadvare2
Edit distance from "cadavre"

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 "cadavre"?
"cadavre" is spelled C-A-D-A-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ka.dɑvʁ\.
What does "cadavre" mean?
As a noun, "cadavre" means: Corps mort ; en parlant d’une personne et des gros animaux.
What words are commonly confused with "cadavre"?
"cadavre" is commonly confused with "cadre", "Calabre", "cadavres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cadavre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cadavre" is \ka.dɑvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cadavre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

blesser#7,664barbara#7,662aurions#7,656creuser#7,676

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

appuyant10 variantsdiminué10 variantsannoncée10 variantsAlberta10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list