cadenette
\kad.nɛt\
The verdict
“cadenette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Longue mèche de cheveux qui pend sur la tempe gauche, tel que la portait le sire de Cadenet.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cadenette · cadenette · French
cadenette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cadenette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kad.nɛt\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cadenette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kad.nɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cadenette, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cadenette, spelled C-A-D-E-N-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Longue mèche de cheveux qui pend sur la tempe gauche, tel que la portait le sire de Cadenet.
- 2Coiffure militaire consistant en deux tresses de cheveux de chaque côté de la tête, qui fut portée par les grenadiers et les hussards du xviiᵉ siècle au début du xixᵉ siècle.
- 3Dreadlock.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cadenette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait toujours là Christian IV, avec sa belle cadenette tressée à côté de sa joue large, doucement bombée.
La nécessité des guenilles, des cadenettes et de la moustache aux talons n’est certainement pas démontrée d’une manière très-rigoureuse; mais l’éleveur de mules repousserait le baudet qui ne les porterait pas.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.