cadence
\ka.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“cadence” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,986
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suite régulière de sons, de gestes, de mouvements, d’événements, etc., rythme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cadence · cadence · French
cadence · rank #13,986 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,986
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cachette
Nearest frequency peer: cachette (-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 « cadence »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- bute
bute
86,018 corpus weight
- bêta
bêta
86,017 corpus weight
- cachette
cachette
86,016 corpus weight
- cadence
cadence
86,015 corpus weight
- calmement
calmement
86,014 corpus weight
- carnets
carnets
86,013 corpus weight
What this shows « cadence » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cadence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ka.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #13,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cadence »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cadence (IPA \ka.dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,986 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadence, with forms such as "acdence", "caddence", and "cadecne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "carène", "carence", "Cayenne", and more, 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cadence, spelled C-A-D-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Suite régulière de sons, de gestes, de mouvements, d’événements, etc., rythme.
- 2Chute, terminaison d’une période, d’une phrase ou d’un membre de phrase.
- 3Mesure qui règle le mouvement de celui qui danse.
- 4Mesure qui règle le mouvement de celui qui danse.
- 5Divers mouvements qu’opère la basse ou partie grave de l’harmonie lorsqu’elle vient se reposer ou tomber à la fin d’une phrase.
- 6Divers mouvements qu’opère la basse ou partie grave de l’harmonie lorsqu’elle vient se reposer ou tomber à la fin d’une phrase.
- 7Divers mouvements qu’opère la basse ou partie grave de l’harmonie lorsqu’elle vient se reposer ou tomber à la fin d’une phrase.
- 8Agrément qui résulte d’un vers ou d’une période dont les repos sont habilement ménagés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cadence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sur chaque navire, […], les hommes […] font basculer les quatre cents kilos du mât trapu sur son emplanture, le couchent, sortent les avirons, les empoignent de leurs mains crispées par le froid, prennent la cadence de nage. Les Vikings remontent vers Rouen.
Le glissant est généralement apporté par une addition d’érucamide dont le pourcentage dépend de la cadence de la machine.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acdence
- caddence
- cadecne
- cadencce
- cadenec
- cadennce
- cadnece
- caednce
- ccadence
- cdaence
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadence - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).