cade

\kad\

/\kad\/ noun

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The verdict

“cade” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,160
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oxycèdre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cade · cade · French

cade · rank #40,160 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,160
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cabanon

Nearest frequency peer: cabanon (-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 « cade »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cade » 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).

cade vs ce
50% similar
cade vs CD
0% similar
cade vs cas
50% similar

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

Key facts for cade
PropertyValue
Headwordcade
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kad\
Letters4
Frequency rank#40,160
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cade »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cadese 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 « cabanon » (#40,159), « bûcherons » (#40,158), « calanques » (#40,162). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cade » est au #40,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cade (IPA \kad\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,160 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Oxycèdre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cade, with forms such as "acde", "cadde", and "caed". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ce", "CD", "cas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cade, spelled C-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Oxycèdre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pourtant, ils étaient tous accourus pour contempler ce spectacle insolite : une robuste Ford transportant dans la petite bourgade des « messieurs de Paris », puis fonçant en pleine lande en broyant au passage les cades et les genévriers.
  2. J'arrivai à la fin de la première pinède, au bord d'un plateau : on y avait, jadis, cultivé des vignes. Des sumacs, des romarins, des cades les avaient remplacées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • acde
  • cadde
  • caed
  • ccade
  • cdae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cade - 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.

acde2cadde1caed2ccade1cdae2
Edit distance from "cade"

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 "cade"?
"cade" is spelled C-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kad\.
What does "cade" mean?
As a noun, "cade" means: Oxycèdre.
What words are commonly confused with "cade"?
"cade" is commonly confused with "ce", "CD", "cas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cade" is \kad\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cade" come from?
"cade" 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 "cade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cath#40,167boul#40,146alim#40,112demy#40,209

Similar misspelling depth

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

belli5 variantstaise5 variantsruer5 variantsrira5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list